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crop-eared, a.|ˈkrɒpˌɪəd|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
1. Having the ears cropped; esp. in dogs, horses, etc., as a means of identification, and in persons as a punishment.
1530Wells Wills (1890) 194, ij cropyired heyfers. 1626B. Jonson Masque of Owls, A crop-ear'd scrivener, this..He had his ears in his purse. 1629Davenant Albovine Wks. (1673) 430 Crop-ear'd too, like Irish Nags. 1706Lond. Gaz. No. 4234/4 A Black Dutch Dog, crop Ear'd. 1841Lytton Nt. & Morn. 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 in cropped 4), 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.
1680Wood Life (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) II. 477 Others say he was a crop-ear'd rogue. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Crop-ear'd-Fellow, whose Hair is so short it won't hide his Ears. 1760Foote Minor 1, The sleek, crop-eared prentice. 1816Scott Old Mort. viii, If I were to give the law, never a crop-ear'd cur of the whole pack should bark in a Scotch pulpit. a1839Praed Poems (1864) I. 354 Out on the crop-eared boor, That sent me with my standard on foot from Marston Moor. |