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PRICK-EARED Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
adjective. having the ears upright and pointed. a prick-eared dog. British. Informal., (of a man) having the hair cut short.
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PRICK EAR Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun : an ear carried stiffly erect; prick ears are required of most terriers by the breed standards.
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PRICK-EARED definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
PRICK-EARED definition: having the ears upright and pointed | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English.
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prick-eared
prick-eared, a. (ˈprɪkˌɪəd) [app. f. prick n. (branch V) + eared: see Note below.] 1. a. Having erect ears: spec. of dogs. Also, of corn or wheat.c 1420 ? Lydg. Assembly of Gods 328 And at hys feete lay a prykeryd curre. 1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §77 The .ix. propertyes of a foxe. The fyrste is: to be pr...
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prick-eared, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective prick-eared, one of which is labelled obsolete, and one of which is considered derogatory.
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PRICK-EARED Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. having erect pointed ears; used especially of a dog; compare crop-eared sense 2. 2. having conspicuous ears.
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prick ear
ˈprick-ˌear, prick ear [app. a back-formation from prick-eared, q.v.] 1. pl. The erect pointed ears of some beasts, spec. of dogs; ears that are pricked up or stand erect; hence fig. those of a person on the alert to hear: cf. prick v. 27.1634 T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. 1004 Having two hornes, pric...
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prick-eared, adj. - Green's Dictionary of Slang
A prick-eared fellow; one whose ears are longer than his hair: an appellation frequently given to puritans, who considered long hair as the mark of the whore of ...
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PRICK-EARED Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
British. Informal., (of a man) having the hair cut short. Archaic., following or sympathetic to the Puritans or Roundheads.
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prick-ear, n. - Green's Dictionary of Slang
prick-ear n. ... a Roundhead, a Parliamentarian, 'a Crop, whose Ears are longer than his Hair' (B.E.). ... ← prick, v.
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A bit of history on the prick ear and the Australian Shepherd by Ernie ...
The severe fault on prick ears has been a blight on our breed. Prick ears are naturally occurring among the bloodlines.
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prick ear, n. meanings, etymology and more
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun prick ear, two of which are labelled obsolete, and one of which is considered derogatory.
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Tesem
In popular literature it denotes the prick-eared, leggy dog with a curled tail from the early Egyptian age, but it was also used with reference to the The prick-eared Tesem's origins are presumed to be from further south than Egypt, from Nubia and also the Land of Punt, whose location is unclear but thought
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Skye Terrier
The ears are generally well feathered and, in prick-eared examples, the hair normally falls like a fringe, accenting the form, and blending with the side In 1840, Queen Victoria made the breed fancy, keeping both drop-(floppy) and prick-(upwards) eared dogs.
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Spitz
Spitz (spɪts) [G. (also spitzhund), special use of spitz pointed, peaked.] A dog belonging to one of a group of northern breeds distinguished by thick fur, a pointed muzzle, pricked ears, and a tail curled over the back. Also attrib., as Spitz dog.1842 H. Stanley Let. 18 July in N. Mitford Ladies of...
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