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† alan1 Obs.
Also alaun(t, alant, allan, allaund, aland.
[a. OFr. alan, alant, allant; cf. It. and Sp. alano, Pg. alāo, med.L. alanus.]
A large species of dog used to hunt or bait wild animals; a wolf-hound.
c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1290 Aboute his Chaar ther wenten white Alauntz [v.r. alantz, alauntis]. 1525Ld. Berners Froissart II. xxiv. 65 Foure coursers and two Allans of Spaygne. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 86 Three Allaundes, whiche be a certaine kinde of dogges of great stature. 1742Bailey, Alandes, wolf dogs. Chauc. 1801Strutt Sports & Past. i. i. 17 Alauntes, or bull-dogs. 1825Scott Talism. (1863) 47 Three alans..wolf-greyhounds, that is. 1845Blackw. Mag. LVII. 776 The snowy alauns. 1864Boutell Heraldry ix. 63 Another heraldic Dog, a mastiff with short ears, is distinguished as an Alant. |