† ˈmompyns, n. pl. Obs.
Also mone pynnes.
[f. *mone, mun mouth + pin.]
The teeth.
c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 30 Thy mone pynnes bene lyche old yvory. c 1460 Towneley Myst. xii. 210 Syrs, let vs cryb furst for oone thyng or oder, That thise wordis be purst, and let vs go foder Oure mompyns. |