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ˈwolf-dog
[Cf. G. wolfshund.]
1. Any of several large varieties of dog formerly kept for hunting wolves, esp. the Irish greyhound or wolf-hound.
1652Order Ir. Privy Council 27 Apr., Such great dogges as are commonly called Wolfe dogges,..which are useful for destroying of wolves. a1700Evelyn Diary 16 June 1670, The bulls did exceeding well, but the Irish wolfe-dog exceeded, which was a tall greyhound. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 180 Wolf-dogs (once so useful and celebrated) were perhaps peculiar to Ireland, but that species is now nearly extinct. 1840C. H. Smith Dogs II. 139 The Great Wolf-dog is not common in central Europe; and appears at present almost confined to Spain. 1845Youatt Dog 66 The Italian or Pomeranian wolf-dog. 1884Tennyson Becket iii. ii, When that horn sounds, a score of wolf-dogs are let loose.
2. A cross of a domestic dog and a wolf.
1736Ainsworth, Lycisca, a dog ingendered of a wolf and a bitch, or a shepherd's dog, a wolf dog. 1755Johnson. 1896M. McNaughton Overland to Cariboo 47 A large number of wolf-dogs were prowling about. 1910Encycl. Brit. VIII. 377/1 The black wolfdog of Florida resembles the black wolf of the same region. 1924R. Arundel Police Dogs 6 The German Sheep Dog (known in this country as the Alsatian Wolf Dog). 1953B. J. Banfill Labrador Nurse 19 The mossy grass knolls were dotted with tethered wolf dogs. |