Terrier

['terɪə] or ['tɛrɪɚ]

Definition

(noun.) any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground.

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Definition

(n.) An auger or borer.

(n.) One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears.

(n.) Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like.

(n.) In modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like.

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Definition

n. a name originally applied to any breed of dog used to burrow underground but now applied to any small dog—varieties are the Fox terrier Scotch terrier (sometimes Skye terrier) Dandie Dinmont (from the stout Borderer in Scott's 'Guy Mannering') the Irish terrier Bedlington &c.: a hole or burrow where foxes rabbits &c. secure themselves.

n. a register or roll of a landed estate.

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