单词 | mastiff dog |
释义 | > as lemmasmastiff dog a. A breed of large, powerful dog with a broad head, drooping ears, and pendulous lips, used as a guard dog and for fighting; a dog of this breed. Also mastiff dog.See also bull-mastiff n. at bull n.7 Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > giant breeds > mastiff mastiffa1387 bandogc1425 mastiff houndc1450 mastin1484 mastiff cur1522 grand-hound1548 mastiff bitch1604 Molossus dog1607 molossus1623 watch-mastiff1778 α. β. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 321 A mouthe as a mastis hunde, vn-metely to shaw.1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 230 A Mastis, liciscus.?a1500 Forest Laws §12 in Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) I. 690/2 Ande gif ony mastice be fundyn in þe forest [etc.].a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. Prol. 49 The cur, or mastis, he haldis at small availl.1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Mastice, corr. of mastiff.1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Mastis, a mastiff dog.γ. c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 16 (MED) Every man kepyng the scout wache had a masty hound at a lyes.1540 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VIII. 482 Certeyne masties..for his hunting.1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Ij Also the vaste, and ample house, Of Mastie dogges did sounde.1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 154 The Mastie that keepeth the house.1653 D. Osborne Lett. to Sir W. Temple (2002) 106 A Masty is handsomer to mee then the most exact litle dog that ever Lady playde withall.1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iv. i Surly, untractable, snarling Brute ! he ! a Masty-dog were as fit a thing to make a Gallant of.1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Qq4v/3 A great Masty, un gros Mâtin.1882 E. L. Chamberlain Gloss. W. Worcs. Words Add. 36 Mastie-dog, mastiff.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 187 (MED) Houndes and masteves [v.r. mastyves; L. mastivi] beeþ i-slawe in alle þe forestes of Engelond. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 189 (MED) He smot..þorgh þam..als grehound or mastif. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 83 Þare er ratouns als grete as hundes... Þai take þam with grete mastyfes. 1509 J. Fisher Serm. Henry VIJ (de Worde) sig. Avij Euen as ye se these wood dogges these grete mastyues that be tyed in chaynes. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxi. f. cliii A mastife or great curre Dogge. a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 16 Suche malyncoly mastyvys and mangye curre dogges Ar mete for a swyneherde to hunte after hogges. 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Biiiv To kepe wyth daunger, A greate mastyfe dogge. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. iii. vii. 44 The mastiffe, tie dog, or banddog, so called bicause manie of them are tied up in chaines..for dooing hurt abroad. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 218 The Colophonians and Castabaleans maintained certain squadrons of mastiue dogs for their war seruice. a1609 J. Dennys Secrets of Angling (1613) ii. sig. C8v The mastifes fierce that hunt the bristled Boare. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vii. 138 Their Mastiffes are of vnmatchable courage. View more context for this quotation a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange (1657) v. i. sig. F 3/2 There's a crust I brought To stop the open mouth of the Mastive, if he had flown at us. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. ix. §3 That grave Awfulness, as in your best breed of Mastiffs. 1717 D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. iii. 289 A Gentleman who was set upon by a Furious Mastive Dog. 1794 H. Wansey Jrnl. 1 May in Jrnl. Excursion to U.S. (1796) 27 We got on shore, not without some difficulty, a large mastiff dog keeping us at bay, for some time. 1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 273 In the porch..was lying a large, savage, mastiff dog. 1809 W. Scott Let. 14 Jan. (1932) II. 151 We can only fight like mastiffs, boldly, blindly, and faithfully. 1812 R. Southey Omniana I. cl. 293 Sir Thomas Roe took out some English mastives to India. 1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 330/1 The Mastiff..is usually of a buff colour, with ears and muzzle darker. 1922 R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog v. 62 The beautiful white-coated Pyrenean Dog is also essentially a Mastiff. 1978 P. Matthiessen Snow Leopard iv. 276 The bales are guarded by big-headed mastiffs that lie quiet, dog eyes fixed upon the nearest dog. 1995 S. K. Penman When Christ & his Saints Slept (1996) xii. 195 His squires were already sitting up sleepily, his mastiff was adding his belligerent bellowing to the din. < as lemmas |
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