noun. A dog of a breed originally developed in England for bullbaiting, having a short stocky body, large head, and strong square jaws with dewlaps.

noun. A short-barreled, large-caliber revolver or pistol.

noun. A heat-resistant material used to line puddling furnaces.

noun. A proctor's assistant at Oxford University or Cambridge University.

adjective. Relentless or stubborn.

transitive verb. To throw (a calf or steer) by seizing its horns and twisting its neck until the animal falls.

noun. Same as bulldog ant.

noun. A variety of dog of comparatively small size, but very strong and muscular, with a large head, broad muzzle, short hair, tapering smooth tail, and remarkable courage and ferocity. Dogs of this kind were formerly much used in bullbaiting, whence the name.

noun. A bailiff.

noun. The assistant or servant who attends the proctor of an English university when on duty.

noun. A pistol; in recent use, a small revolver with a short barrel carrying a large ball.

noun. Nautical: The great gun in the officers' wardroom cabin.

noun. A general term for main-deck guns.

noun. In metallurgy, tap-cinder from the puddling-furnace, after the protoxid of iron has been converted into sesquioxid by roasting.

noun. A name given by the Canadian half-breeds to the gadfly.

noun. A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.

noun. A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.

adjective. Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn.

adjective. a bat of the genus Nyctinomus; -- so called from the shape of its face.

noun. A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies companion dog. Having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs and smaller hind legs.

noun. A shortened form of British bulldog.

noun. A stubborn person.

verb. To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).

verb. attack viciously and ferociously

noun. a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting

verb. throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo

"I could now thoroughly appreciate the term bulldog, which I had heard applied to him by the soldiers."

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