† ˈcrop-ear Obs.
[Cf. crop n. 21, v. 7.]
An ear that has been cropped; hence, a crop-eared animal or person.
| 1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, ii. iii. 72 What Horse? a Roane, a crop eare, is it not. 1618 Rowlands Sacred Mem. 49 He made a crop-eare of the High-Priests man. 1694 Lond. Gaz. No. 3014/4 A little..Grayhound bitch, with crop Ears. 1702 Vanbrugh False Friend iii. ii, See that crop-ear there, that vermin, that wants to eat at a table would set his master's mouth a-watering! |