kenneln.1
/ˈkɛnl/, U.S. /ˈkɛn(ə)l/ 1.
a. A house or cot for the shelter of a house-dog; a house or range of buildings in which a pack of hounds or sporting dogs are kept. Also (usually plural), an establishment where dogs are bred, or where they are cared for in the absence of their owners.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > kennels > kennel
kennel13..
cannela1475
doghouse1555
dog kennel1570
dog hutch1798
13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1140 Þenne þise cacheres þat couþe, cowpled hor houndes, Vnclosed þe kenel dore, & calde hem þer-oute.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 271/2 Kenel for howndys,..canicularium.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxxxxii They make of the churche, for theyr hawkes a mewe And Canell for theyr dogges.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Eiv/2 A Canel of dogs, canile.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xii. 27 In the highest place of the Courte it shalbe good to buylde the kennell or lodging for the Houndes.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 47 From forth the kennell of thy wombe hath crept, A hel-hound that doeth hunt vs all to death. View more context for this quotation
1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie ii. xi. 215 The Curre taken out of the kennell, and provoked to barke.
1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 124 First let the Kennel be the Huntsman's Care.
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. i. 16 All the other dogs are in their kennels.
1887 G. Stables Pract. Kennel Guide (ed. 3) xv. 145 I know some kennels..which are a disgrace to civilised society—dirty and beastly in the extreme.
1896 Notable Dogs of Year (advt.) Borzoi kennels and sanatorium for dogs and cats. Patients treated at the kennels.
1925 J. Lucas Pedigree Dog Breeding 61 Those intending to board their dogs for more than a week or two should try and visit one or two kennels before making their selection... Many kennels..make a speciality of whelping cases.
1931 N. W. Lewis Your Dog iii. 173 Good bitches can be bought..from big kennels that have become overstocked.
1969 R. Rendell Best Man to Die ii. 17 The dog had awakened him..with long-drawn howls... ‘This isn't a boarding kennels, you know,’ he said.
1974 R. Rendell Face of Trespass ii. 27 I've never left her since she was a puppy... I couldn't put her in kennels. She'd fret.
b. The hole or lair of the fox.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Vulpes > vulpes vulpes (fox) > lair
foxholelOE
traynec1400
terrier1484
tod hole1607
kennel1735
1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 54 While from his Kennel sneaks The conscious Villain.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 328 The instant he perceives himself pursued, he makes to his kennel.
c. Contemptuously applied to a small and mean dwelling or hut.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > vile or miserable
hell-holec1400
dogholec1450
cabin1594
sty1605
hole1616
hogsty1688
gourbi1738
rathole1770
pigsty1798
hell's kitchen1827
den1836
kennel1837
pigpen1872
rural slum1886
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xliv. 488 He got us a room—we were in a kennel before.
1887 H. R. Haggard Jess xxxi. 298 Jess had often peeped into, but never entered, the Hottentot's kennel.
d. A woman's head-dress, of a shape suggesting a kennel.See Fairholt's Hist. Costume (1885) I. 226, and cf. quot. 1898 for kennel-shaped adj. at Compounds 1b.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > other
dorlot1340
horn1340
vitremytec1386
templesc1430
bycocket1464
burlet1490
knapscall1498
shapion1504
shaffron1511
paste1527
attire1530
faille1530
muzzle1542
corneta1547
abacot1548
wase1548
wrapper1548
tiring1552
basket1555
bilimenta1556
Paris head1561
shadow1578
head-roll1583
mitre1585
whitehead1588
crispa1592
ship-tire1602
oreillet1603
scoffion1604
coif1617
aigrette1631
egreta1645
drail1647
topknotc1686
slop1688
Burgundy1701
bandore1708
fly-cap1753
capriole1756
lappet-head1761
fly1773
turban1776
pouf1788
knapscapa1802
chip1804
toque1817
bonnet1837
casquette1840
war bonnet1845
taj1851
pugree1859
kennel1896
roach1910
Deely bobber1982
1896 Gloucestersh. Notes & Queries No. 72. 138 On their heads they wear the kennel or angular head dress so generally worn during the latter part of the reign of Henry VII.
e. figurative. Place to occupy.
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the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > appointed to or usually occupied by a person or thing
steadc888
seatc1275
placea1375
pewc1400
roomc1450
quarterc1550
instalment1589
tenement1592
berth1816
kennel1853
lieua1859
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxix. 355 The last-named came on board last, and found, though he is not a very large man, a sufficiently narrow kennel between the companion-ladder and the dinner-table.
2. † c. figurative. A pack, crew, gang, of persons. Obsolete.† d. Used for canaille n. Obsolete.
a. A pack of hounds, or of dogs of any kind.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > pack of
kennel?1478
harl1827
?1478 Lydgate's Horse, Goose & Sheep (Caxton) (1822) 31 A brace of houndes, a kenel of recches.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Oiiiv A kenel of houndes folowyng their game.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. ii. 47 A little Heard of Englands timorous Deere, Maz'd with a yelping kennell of French Curres. View more context for this quotation
1750 J. S. Gardiner Art & Pleasures of Hare-hunting ii. 8 It is hard to procure an even Kennel of fast Hounds.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iv. 102 Hurt a dog, and the whole kennel will fall on him and worry him.
b. A pack or troop of other animals.
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the world > animals > animals collectively > [noun] > group (of same species)
herdc1275
kennel1641
gang1657
colony1712
society1752
society1772
mores1911
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 48 What a Kennell of these Wolves, Leopards, &c. was there in France.
1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) i. 114 The howling of a kennel of wolves.
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xviii. 298 A kennel of very fine lions..I say a kennel of lions; for the beasts were..simply chained up like dogs.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > pack
packa1393
kennela1586
nest1589
cry1604
canaille1688
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. E3 Dionisius, and I know not how many more of the same kennell.
1649 T. Fuller Just Mans Funeral 12 Hear the whole kennel of Atheists come in with a full crie.
1750 T. Gordon Cordial Low-spirits 77 We are enchanted by a stupid Kennel of Stock-Jobbers.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > the rabble
commona1350
rascala1382
rascaldry?1457
routc1475
tag and ragc1535
riff-raff1545
rabble1549
rascabilia1557
rabblement1565
bran1574
rascability1583
rascality1583
canaille1588
canalliary1600
canaglia1607
taga1616
ribble-rabble1635
volge1639
rabble rout1650
tag-rag and bob-tail1660
mobile1676
mobility1690
mob1691
rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725
kennel1726
rough scruff1814
rough scuff1816
tag-rag1826
rascalry1827
rascalment1832
doggery1843
polloi1856
raggle-taggle1958
1726 Penn's Tracts in Wks. I. 730 It has not only prevail'd with the Populace, the Kennel [1679 Cannale], the Vulgar.
1771 E. Long Trial of Carter's Dog in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 199 A liquor the London kennel much delight in.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
kennel-companion n.
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1876 Coursing Cal. 9 Miss Ellen and Hamilla..the pair being kennel companions.
kennel-door n.
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c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1140 Þenne þise cacheres þat couþe, cowpled hor houndeȝ, Vnclosed þe kenel dore & calde hem þer-oute.
1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 4 The kennel-door was thrown open.
kennel-friend n.
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1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 228 After sufficient time to get acquainted with their new kennel-friends, they were taken out with the pack.
kennel-groom n.
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1829 Sporting Mag. 23 208 My kennel-groom has orders frequently to lead the dogs to little distance from the kennel.
kennel-huntsman n.
kennel-maid n.
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1907 Westm. Gaz. 5 July 9/1 In the lady's service was the prisoner, who occupied the position of kennel-maid.
1929 Daily Express 16 Jan. 5/2 The showing of dogs is skilled work for a kennelmaid.
1970 Daily Tel. 14 Apr. 17/2 He had bought substantial quantities of veterinary preparations for the mange and had left the treatment to a young kennelmaid.
kennel-man n.
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1828 Sporting Mag. 23 23 Your kennel-man should be constantly on the watch.
1954 C. L. B. Hubbard Compl. Dog Breeders' Man. x. 103 With reliable staffing the kennel runs smoothly enough, therefore it is essential that he selects his kennelmen and kennelmaids with care.
1972 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 27 May 18/3 To manage such a large kennel Sheppard has two kennel-men in addition to four girls.
kennel-work n.
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1929 Daily Express 16 Jan. 5/2 Kennelwork as a career for educated girls.
1971 S. Dangerfield & E. Howell Internat. Encycl. Dogs 268 Kennel work cannot be classed as an effeminate career for a male or an overly masculine job for a woman.
b.
kennel-shaped adj.
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1898 Yorks. Archæol. Jrnl. No. 57. 7 His wife Margaret..wears the kennel-shaped head-dress.
C2.
kennel-book n. a book recording events of a kennel where dogs are bred; cf. herd-book n., stud book n. 1.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > kennels > record book of breeding-kennel
kennel-book1890
1890 M. Deland Sidney iii. 42 One of these researches among kennel-books resulted in a present to Ted of the mastiff puppies.
Kennel Club n. an organization, founded in 1873, which establishes dog breeds, records pedigrees, issues the rules for dog shows and trials, etc.; also, a branch of this organization.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > other specific associations or organizations
Tityre-tu1623
Peep o' Day Boys1780
law society1821
kongsi1839
B'nai B'rith1862
Molly Maguire1867
Kennel Club1874
Ethical Society1877
Kyrle Society1877
Molly1877
Sierra Club1891
subak1897
Workers' Educational Association1905
senior1906
W.E.A.1910
Lions Club1922
godless1927
F.P.A.a1940
Diners' Club1950
amnesty1961
Sealed Knot1971
Greenpeace1972
lions1972
Gaysoc1976
Group of Eight1977
Group of Seven1977
meeja1983
G71986
G81988
1874 F. C. S. Pearce in Kennel Club Cal. & Stud Bk. 1 p. v The Club shall be called the Kennel Club, it shall endeavour in every way to promote the general improvement of dogs, dog shows, and dog trials.
1935 Discovery Oct. 310/2 The breed has been taken up by kennel clubs and the dogs are now officially called Illyrian Sheepdogs.
1959 Listener 12 Mar. 447/1 These details were vouched and signed for by the chief of the local kennel club.
1971 F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 620 Registration of a pedigree dog at the Kennel Club is a simple matter; it is usually completed by the breeder, the fee of 5s.…registers the dog for life.
kennel lameness n. a rheumatic disease in dogs, frequently affecting the forelegs.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of dogs > [noun]
formicac1400
running woodnessa1425
founder1547
distemper1746
blotch1824
kennel lameness1841
foul1854
dog ill1874
salmon disease1880
piblokto1894
strongyloidiasis1907
strongyloidosis1907
salmon poisoning1925
hard-pad1948
Rubarth's disease1951
canine parvovirus1972
parvovirus1979
1841 R. T. Vyner Notitia Venatica 45 Kennel-lameness, or shoulder-lameness, as it is sometimes called.
1885 Duke of Beaufort & M. Morris Hunting (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 112 That mortal scourge which among men is known as rheumatism, and among hounds as kennel lameness.
1930 C. Frederick et al. Fox-hunting viii. 108 Through this cause they appear to stiffen up, which is mistaken for kennel lameness.
1948 H. Kirk Index of Treatm. in Small-animal Pract. ii. 445 Kennel lameness. This layman's term is meant to indicate a condition brought about by a diet deficient in calcium which affects mainly full-grown animals kept for some weeks or months in kennels and fed chiefly on dog biscuit.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
kenneln.2
/ˈkɛnl/, U.S. /ˈkɛn(ə)l/ The surface drain of a street; the gutter: = cannel n.2 1b.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > gutter in a street
gutter1408
cannel1422
channel1440
kennel1582
ginnel1613
water table1664
channelling1834
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 32 Thee streets and kennels are with slayne carcases heaped.
1607 S. Rowlands Diogines Lanthorne 9 Nay ile go low enough to the kennel, thou shalt not iustle me for the wall.
1631 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 2) (2nd state) §ciii A Scavenger working in the Kennel.
1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. xii. i. 35 Having no kennels in the streets to carry off the water, it was ancle-deep.
1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie I. i. 2 Raking with both hands in the grey dirt of the kennel.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
kennel sink n.
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1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. ii. sig. C2 The kennell sinck of slaues.
kennel water n.
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1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 268 Horse-dung, and Kennel-Water, contribute beyond all belief to the forwarding of Plants.
b.
kennel-muddy adj.
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1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 16 Kennel-muddy thoughts.
C2. kennel-raker n.† kennel wits n. Obsolete muddy brains.
kennel-brow n. the top of the sloping side of a gutter.
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1761 London Mag. 30 17 The step..with a pebble or two standing up in the kennel-brow before, would secure the posts from being moved.
kennel-dash n. a splash from the gutter.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > splashing or spattering with wet substance > splash or spatter of wet substance > from gutter
kennel-dash1731
1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 332 To walk through Rag Fair in Dirty Weather..a jostle in one place, a slip in another, a slop in a third, a Kennel-dash in a fourth.
kennel-nymph n. a girl of the streets.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute
meretrixOE
whoreOE
soiled dovea1250
common womanc1330
putec1384
bordel womanc1405
putaina1425
brothelc1450
harlot?a1475
public womanc1510
naughty pack?1529
draba1533
cat1535
strange woman1535
stew1552
causey-paikera1555
putanie?1566
drivelling1570
twigger1573
punka1575
hackney1579
customer1583
commodity1591
streetwalker1591
traffic1591
trug1591
hackster1592
polecat1593
stale1593
mermaid1595
medlar1597
occupant1598
Paphian1598
Winchester goose1598
pagan1600
hell-moth1602
aunt1604
moll1604
prostitution1605
community1606
miss1606
night-worm1606
bat1607
croshabell1607
prostitute1607
pug1607
venturer1607
nag1608
curtal1611
jumbler1611
land-frigate1611
walk-street1611
doll-common1612
turn-up1612
barber's chaira1616
commonera1616
public commonera1616
trader1615
venturea1616
stewpot1616
tweak1617
carry-knave1623
prostibule1623
fling-dusta1625
mar-taila1625
night-shadea1625
waistcoateera1625
night trader1630
coolera1632
meretrician1631
painted ladya1637
treadle1638
buttock1641
night-walker1648
mob?1650
lady (also girl, etc.) of the game1651
lady of pleasure1652
trugmullion1654
fallen woman1659
girlc1662
high-flyer1663
fireship1665
quaedama1670
small girl1671
visor-mask1672
vizard-mask1672
bulker1673
marmalade-madam1674
town miss1675
town woman1675
lady of the night1677
mawks1677
fling-stink1679
Whetstone whore1684
man-leech1687
nocturnal1693
hack1699
strum1699
fille de joie1705
market-dame1706
screw1725
girl of (the) town1733
Cytherean1751
street girl1764
monnisher1765
lady of easy virtue1766
woman (also lady) of the town1766
kennel-nymph1771
chicken1782
stargazer1785
loose fish1809
receiver general1811
Cyprian1819
mollya1822
dolly-mop1834
hooker1845
charver1846
tail1846
horse-breaker1861
professional1862
flagger1865
cocodette1867
cocotte1867
queen's woman1871
common prostitute1875
joro1884
geisha1887
horizontal1888
flossy1893
moth1896
girl of the pavement1900
pross1902
prossie1902
pusher1902
split-arse mechanic1903
broad1914
shawl1922
bum1923
quiff1923
hustler1924
lady of the evening1924
prostie1926
working girl1928
prostisciutto1930
maggie1932
brass1934
brass nail1934
mud kicker1934
scupper1935
model1936
poule de luxe1937
pro1937
chromo1941
Tom1941
pan-pan1949
twopenny upright1958
scrubber1959
slack1959
yum-yum girl1960
Suzie Wong1962
mattress1964
jamette1965
ho1966
sex worker1971
pavement princess1976
parlour girl1979
crack whore1990
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 29 He..indulged himself..with one of the kennel-nymphs.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [noun] > disorganized mind
kennel wits1598
muddlehead1938
1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia sig. A4 That men should haue such kennel wits To thinke so well of a scald railing vaine.
Derivatives
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1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica xiii. 92 Kennellage is one of the chiefe kinds of Pipeage which passeth and voydeth away the stincking and filthy waters of citties and townes.
ˈkennelled adj. lying in the gutter.Apparently an isolated use.
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1796 S. T. Coleridge To Nightingale They..Mark the faint Lamp-beam on the Kennell'd mud.
ˈkennelly adj. such as is found in a kennel or gutter.Apparently an isolated use.
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1803 R. T. Wilson Brit. Exped. Egypt 63 The miraculous qualities of the river [Nile]..the luxuries which the very kennelly waters would afford.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
† kenneln.3
Obsolete.
= cannel n.2 3: cf. cannel-bone n., neck-bone.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun]
swirec888
neckeOE
halseOE
hattrelc1330
cannelc1400
channelc1425
crag1488
kennel?1533
pile1584
neck-piece1605
neck parta1627
nub1673
cervix1741
squeeze1819
scrag1829
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Biii v The knot of the necke, le neu du col; The hole of the necke, la fosse du col; The kenel of the necke, la canol du col.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
kennelv.
/ˈkɛnl/, U.S. /ˈkɛn(ə)l/ 1.
a. intransitive. To lie or dwell in a kennel; to retire into a kennel. Of a fox or other wild beast: To retreat into a lair. Of a person (contemptuous): To lodge or lurk. Also figurative.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)]
wonc725
erdec893
siteOE
liveeOE
to make one's woningc960
through-wonOE
bigc1175
walkc1225
inwonea1300
lenda1300
lenga1300
lingera1300
erthec1300
stallc1315
lasta1325
lodge1362
habit?a1366
breeda1375
inhabitc1374
indwella1382
to have one's mansionc1385
to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400
keepc1400
repairc1400
to have (also hold, keep, make) one's residencec1405
to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425
winc1425
to make (one's) residence1433
resort1453
abidec1475
use1488
remaina1500
demur1523
to keep one's house1523
occupy1523
reside1523
enerdc1540
kennel1552
bower1596
to have (also hold, keep, make) residence1597
subsist1618
mansiona1638
tenant1650
fastena1657
hospitate1681
wont1692
stay1754
to hang out1811
home1832
habitate1866
the world > animals > by habitat > inhabit [verb (intransitive)] > to retreat into a lair
kennel1552
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [verb (intransitive)] > be kennelled
kennel1552
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > act in particular way
fawna1250
stoop?1530
kennel1552
fetch-and-carrya1616
to cock one's ears1714
beg1816
toll1851
trust1939
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum at Acherusius A..caue in hell wherin..the dogge of hell cannelleth.
a1577 G. Gascoigne To Such as find Fault in Wks. We see the dog that kenels in his den.
1598 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. (new ed.) f. 53 Glad heere to kennell in a pad of strawe.
1599 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Cal. MSS Marquis of Salisbury (1902) IX. 153 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 928) LI. 1 The book..was made by Campion while he kenelled at this house.
1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xiv. 176 You shall say that a Foxe Kenneleth.
1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 102 The rest kennelling like Hounds on Deck, or where they could.
1861 H. Bushnell Christian Nurture ii. iii. 264 All foul passions that kennel in a sensual soul.
1884 E. P. Roe in Harper's Mag. Feb. 445/1 The dull, sodden faces of the man and woman who kennelled there.
b. With up. To return to one's kennel (also figurative); to keep quiet, to shut up. colloquial.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > go home
home1847
kennel1913
1913 J. Galsworthy Fugitive iii. i, 63 You've run her to earth; your job's done. Kennel up, hounds!
1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 30 Kennel-up, stop talking.
1929 J. Galsworthy Roof ii. 37 Kennel up, Reggie! You've had too much and you know it.
1972 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 4 Mar. 37/3 After clean straw had been put on their benches, the order ‘kennel up!’ was given, though not immediately obeyed.
2.
a. transitive. To put into, or keep in, a kennel.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [verb (transitive)] > kennel
kennel1594
1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Fiiij Here kenneld in a brake, she finds a hound.
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 205 Kennelling the Wolfe and the Lamb together.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 62. ⁋3 That Quarter of the Town where they are kennel'd is generally inhabited by stangers.
1887 Daily News 31 Dec. 3/8 Mr. C. kennelled the harriers at the house of a friend.
b. transferred and figurative. To lodge, shut up; to put in a place of retreat or confinement.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > in place of retreat
kennel1582
to stow away1825
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)]
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to lock down1971
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 9 His ships hee kenneld neere forrest vnder an angle Of rock.
1607 S. Rowlands Diogines Lanthorne 12 Away with him,..chayne and kennell him vp in Iayle.
1677 A. Behn Abdelazer ii. ii. 24 Let's to the Queens Apartment, and seize this Moor; I am sure there the Mongrel's Kennell'd.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xviii. 35 Hold the torch up till I've got to the end of the court, and then kennel yourself.
Derivatives
ˈkennelled adj.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [adjective] > affinity with dogs > kennelled
kennelled1730
1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 152 The kennel'd hounds Mix in the musick of the day again.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxv. 38 Gwendolen had lingered behind to look at the kennelled blood-hounds.
ˈkennelling n. also concrete provision of kennels; also attributive.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > kennels
kennelling1716
doggery1827
boarding-kennel1969
1716 B. Church Entertaining Passages Philip's War i. 19 His next kennelling Place was at the falls of Connecticut River.
1870 Blaine's Encycl. Rural Sports (rev. ed.) §1945 The kennelling of greyhounds should equal that of foxhounds in amplitude.
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