crop-earedadj.
/ˈkrɒpˌɪəd/ 1. Having the ears cropped; esp. in dogs, horses, etc., as a means of identification, and in persons as a punishment.
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society > authority > punishment > torture > [adjective] > having ears cut off
crop-eared1530
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having ears > crop-eared
crop-eared1530
cropped1687
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [adjective] > branded or marked > ear-marked
crop-eared1530
under-bitted1555
cropped1687
under farthing1715
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [adjective] > types of ear > having
crop-eared1530
slouch-eared1556
well-hung1611
round-eared1615
prick-eared1641
nick-eared1834
tip-eared1880
thick-lugged1922
1530 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 194 ij cropyired heyfers.
1629 W. Davenant Trag. Albovine in Wks. (1673) 430 Crop-ear'd too, like Irish Nags.
a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Owles 167 in Wks. (1640) III A Crop-eard Scrivener, this..He had his eares in his purse.
1706 London Gaz. No. 4234/4 A Black Dutch Dog, crop Ear'd.
1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning i. i He purchased a crop-eared Welsh cob.
2. Having the hair cut short, so that the ears are conspicuous.This and related terms (cf. quot. 1641-2 for cropped-eared adj. at cropped adj. Compounds), applied to the Puritans or ‘Round-heads’, were probably intended by their opponents to associate them with those whose ears had been cut off as a punishment.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > people with styles of hair > [adjective] > cut or shaved
nottOE
shavenc1330
rounded?a1439
clipped1483
poll-shorn1556
notched1597
nott-pated1598
well-shaved1600
shaveling1607
nott-headed1612
cropped-eared1641
round-headed1641
polled1653
crop-eared1680
lop-eared1798
shaved1837
crop-headed1842
county-cropped1849
cropped1856
colled1877
crop-haired1879
prison-cropped1882
bob-haired1923
bobbed-haired1928
bobbed-hair1953
slap-headed1994
1680 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 477 Others say he was a crop-ear'd rogue.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Crop-ear'd-Fellow, whose Hair is so short it won't hide his Ears.
1760 S. Foote Minor i. 13 The sleek, crop-ear'd 'prentice.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality viii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 179 If I were to give the law, never a crop-eared cur of the whole pack should bark in a Scotch pulpit.
a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 354 Out on the crop-eared boor, That sent me with my standard on foot from Marston Moor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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