Terrier

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  • noun. A dog of any of various typically small, active breeds originally developed for driving game from burrows.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In law: Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, including the rents and services they owed to the lord, etc.
  • noun. 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, etc.
  • noun. One of several breeds of dogs, typically small, active, and hardy, named from their propensity to dig or scratch the ground in pursuit of their prey, and noted for their courage and the acute-ness of their senses.
  • noun. A borer, auger, or wimble.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An auger or borer.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rabbits or foxes.
  • noun. A collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, etc.
  • noun. A book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, etc.; a terrar.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
    • Word Usage
    "When doggy men beyond ocean talk about a terrier, they usually pronounce it _tarrier_, and not _terrier_, as we mostly call him on this bank of the Atlantic."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hunting dog  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Airedale  Airedale terrier  Australian terrier  Bedlington terrier  Border terrier  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Carrier  barrier  carrier  farrier  ferrier  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bloodhound  bulldog  collie  greyhound  hound  
    variant
    terrar  
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