单词 | water-rug |
释义 | water-rugn. Now historical and rare. A kind of water dog (water dog n. 1).The allusion in quot. a1616 is much discussed, but not conclusively; the word rug may imply a rough or shaggy coat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > unspecified types butcher's doga1425 water-ruga1616 grindle-taila1625 rock1719 poligar dog1788 tiger-hound1880 poligar hound1907 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. i. 95 Showghes, Water-Rugs, and Demy-Wolues. 1810 ‘Proteus the Younger’ Heroad 45 He is not like a British patriot,..Nor like Astrophel, the fierce water rug. 1846 Phrenol. Jrnl. 19 146 In some varieties of the spaniel, as the Suffolk water-rug, I have seen combative courage present in the very highest degree, accompanied by remarkable width of the head. 1903 W. Drury et al. Brit. Dogs (ed. 3) xxviii. 331 Shakespeare's Water-rug was probably a Water Spaniel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1616 |
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