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ˈwater-ˌspaniel
A variety of spaniel, much used for retrieving water-fowl. Also attrib.
1566Earl of Bedford in Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1843) II. 326 One Hickeman..having a water spangell that was verie good. 1570J. Caius De Canibus Brit. 12 Post hunc subsequitur aquaticus, hoc est a Waterspainel. 1576Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs (1881) 16 Of the Dogge called the water Spaniell, or finder, in Latine Aquaticus seu inquisitor. 1588Kyd Househ. Phil. Wks. (1901) 267 Good seruants..obey them..not as a water-spaniel, but as the hand is sturred to obey the mind. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. iii. i. 271 Shee hath more qualities then a Water-Spaniell, which is much in a bare Christian. 1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe G 1 b, Which droue Leander..to play the didopper and ducking water spaniel to swim to her. 1676Dryden Epil. to ‘Man of Mode’ 30 Another's diving Bow he did adore, Which, with a shog, casts all the hair before; Till he with full Decorum brings it back, And rises with a Water Spaniel shake. 1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2381/4 Lost.., a large Water-Spaniel Dog. 1769G. White Selborne, To Pennant 2 Jan., If half a dozen gentlemen, furnished with a good strength of water-spaniels, were to beat them [the fens] over for a week, they would certainly find more species. 1821Scott Pirate xxx, The puir bairn swam out like a water-spaniel. 1845Youatt Dog iii. 46 The water-spaniel, although a stouter, is a more docile animal than the land one.
fig.1616J. Lane Contn. Squire's T. x. 107 Beinge but Videriaes water spanieles. |