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▪ I. terrier, n.1 Now in limited use.|ˈtɛrɪə(r)|
Forms: 5 terrere, 5–9 terrar, 6 tarrar, terrour, -ore, 7 terreer, 7–8 terrer, 6– terrier.
[a. OF. terrier (13–15th c. in Godef. Compl.) rent-roll, subst. use of terrier adj. (cf. F. registre terrier (15th c.) = med.L. terrārius liber):—med.L. terrārius, f. terra land. Thence med.L. terrērium rent-roll (Du Cange).]
A register of landed property, formerly including lists of vassals and tenants, with particulars of their holdings, services, and rents; a rent-roll; in later use, a book in which the lands of a private person, or of a corporation civil or ecclesiastical, are described by their site, boundaries, acreage, etc. Also, in extended application, an inventory of property or goods.
1477Paston Lett. III. 206 Increse the rente, and make a new terrar and rentall. 1492Bury Wills (Camden) 78, I wyll that..the terrere wyth that oon partye of thys indentur be putte and kepte in the hutche of the Gyldehalle. 1527Luton Trin. Guild (1906) 192 A terrore of y⊇ land yt was Thomas Colemakers. 1569Nottingham Rec. IV. 136 A tarrar of alle the landes and medowes..belongeng to the towne. 1584N. Riding Rec. (1894) 231 An auncient and true terrour..declaringe the limits [etc.]. 1594West 2nd Pt. Symbol., Chancerie §87 The deedes, evidences, muniments, terriers. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. iii. viii. §17 Some Diocesses in this Terreer were exactly done, and remain fairly legible at this day. 1670Blount Law Dict., Terrar..is a Book, Survey, or Land-Roll, wherein the several Lands..are described; containing the quantity of Acres, boundaries, Tenants names, and such like. a1695Wood Life (O.H.S.) I. 398 That there was no terrier taken of the goods he had, which were bought at the college charg. 1707E. Chamberlayne Pres. St. Eng. ii. ix. (ed. 22) 129 The Churchwardens, whose Office is to see..that there be an exact Terrier of the Glebe-Land. 1879Times 22 Sept., The dimensions of each plot by number are preserved in the official parish terrier.
b. transf. and fig.
a1640Jackson Creed xi. xxii. §5 Some..give a more particular terrar or distinct map of this heavenly life or kingdom. 1646Owen Country Ess. Wks. 1851 VIII. 55 What bounds, what terriers are to be assigned to the one or to the other. a1649R. Holdsworth in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. cxix. 111 The holy terrier of the Celestial Canaan.
▪ II. terrier, n.2|ˈtɛrɪə(r)|
Forms: 5 terrere, terryare, 6 terryer, taryer, terrour, 7 terriar, terrar, tarier, tarriar, tarryer, 7–8 (9 vulgar) tarrier, 6– terrier.
[a. F. (chien) terrier, also as subst. terrier ‘a hunting-dog used to start badgers, etc., from their earth or burrow’ (cf. terrier n.3) = med.L. terrārius, f. terra earth (see prec.).]
1. a. A small, active, intelligent variety of dog, which pursues its quarry (the fox, badger, etc.) into its burrow or earth; the numerous breeds are distinguished into two classes, the short- or smooth-haired, as the fox-terrier, black and tan terrier, etc., and the long- or rough-haired, as the Scotch terrier, Skye terrier, etc. (See also bull-terrier, toy terrier, etc.) Formerly also terrier dog.
c1440Promp. Parv. 489/1 Terrere, hownde (v.r. terryare), terrarius. 1530Palsgr. 279/2 Taryer a dogge. Ibid. 280/1 Terryer a dogge, chien terrier. 1576A. Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs i. (1880) 4 Of the Dogge called Terrar, in Latine Terrarius. Another sorte..which hunteth the Foxe and the Badger or Greye onely, whome we call Terrars, because they..creepe into the grounde. 16022nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. ii. v. 871 An open table for all kinde of dogges..He hath your..Terriers, Butchers dogs, Bloud-hounds. 1644–7Cleveland Char. Lond. Diurn. 3 Who fitter to unkennell the Fox, then the Tarryer, that is a part of him. 1648Hunting of Fox 25 Like so many Tarriars we must fasten upon them with tooth and nail. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. II. 166 The tarrier is a small kind of hound with rough hair. 1815Scott Guy M. xxii, A rough terrier dog..scampered at large. 1862Huxley Lect. Wkg. Men 110 It is a physiological peculiarity..that impels the terrier to its rat-hunting propensity. 1863H. Kingsley A. Elliot v, Rough long-legged English fox terriers, which ran on three legs, like Scotch terriers, and held their heads on one side knowingly.
b. fig.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 695/1 We shall..set in such terryers to him, that we shall..eyther course him abrode or make him euyll rest within. c1622Ford, etc. Witch Edmonton i. ii, Bonds and bills are but tarriers to catch fools. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Otway Wks. II. 220 Hunted..by the terriers of the law. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxiii, The opening quest of a well-scented terrier of the law drove me from the vicinity of Edinburgh.
†2. A name given to certain beavers said to burrow instead of building. Obs.
1733Mortimer in Phil. Trans. XXXVIII. 177 He [Sarrasin in Mem. Acad. Sci., Paris, 1704, p. 64] says there are some Beavers called Terriers [Castors terriers], which burrow in the Earth. 1781Pennant Hist. Quad. II. 384 They [Beavers] are met with dispersed, or in the state of Terriers, in the wooded parts of independent Tartary. 1784― Arct. Zool. I. 103.
3. A punning appellation for a territorial: see territorial 4 b. (Cf. terry n.2)
1908Daily Chron. 31 Mar. 5/3 It may..be argued that ‘Territorial’ is not very much longer than ‘Volunteer’, but it is just the little that makes all the difference... [Of three suggestions, ‘Terror’, ‘Terrier’, ‘Torral’, it was] yesterday rather thought that ‘Terrier’ would carry the day. Ibid. 18 June 3/4 Next year, which will be the jubilee of the force now known as the ‘Terriers’, to distinguish them from the ‘Tommies’. 1908Daily News 5 Aug. 4 The admirable spirit in which his [Mr. Haldane's] ‘Terriers’, as the wit of London has nicknamed our Home Army, have met the [etc.]. 1915[see do n.1 2 b]. 1935Economist 7 Sept. 464/1 This change-over of responsibilities inside the War Office places the ‘Terriers’ within the same organisation as the ‘Regulars’. 1980Times 12 Mar. 12/4 More Terriers. The strength of the Territorial Army on December 31 last year was just under 62,000.
4. attrib. That is a terrier; of or like a terrier (for terrier dog see 1). Also Comb., as terrier-like adj.; terrier-man Hunting, a man employed to head the terriers.
1809Scott Let. to G. Ellis 8 July, in Lockhart, A terrier puppy of the old shaggy Celtic breed. 1858Lewis in Youatt Dog (N.Y.) v. 169 The imaginary beauty of a terrier crop consists in the foxy appearance of the ears. 1894Blackmore Perlycross 292 Endowed with the terrier nose of suspicion. 1895Scully Kafir Stories 133 He had a wiry and terrier-like appearance. 1930C. Frederick et al. Foxhunting x. 130 If the bag is suspended..by strong pieces of india-rubber..it is more comfortable for the terrier and the terrier man. 1983Times 19 Sept. 4/6 The terrierman..had slashed a fox's paw with a knife before releasing it for young hounds to chase.
▪ III. † terrier, n.3 Obs.
In 5 terryer.
[a. F. terrier (14th c. in Littré):—late L. terrārium mound of earth, hillock, burrow, f. terre earth: see prec. ns.]
The earth or burrow of a badger or fox.
1484Caxton Fables of æsop v. ix, The foxe..was within a terryer nyghe to the lodgys of the lyon.
▪ IV. terrier, v. rare.|ˈtɛrɪə(r)|
[f. terrier n.2]
intr. To burrow in the manner of a terrier; to make one's way like a terrier.
1959R. Collier City that wouldn't Die ix. 155 Working with hand-shovels and even bare hands, Marotta and his crew began to terrier away. 1965‘J. Christopher’ Wrinkle in Skin iii. 26 He began to terrier his way into the mound.
▪ V. terrier, terriet
obs. ff. tarrier2, terret. |