† setting dogn.

Obsolete.

a. A dog trained to ‘set’ game; = setter n.¹ 11.

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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Braque, a kind of short-tayled setting dog.

1621 G. Markham Hungers Preuention 253 A Setting Dogge is a certaine lusty land Spaniell, taught by nature to hunt the Partridge before, and more then any other chase whatsoeuer.

1697 Post Boy 12–14 Aug. b/2 An old Brown and white Setting-dog.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 116. ⁋1 He was eminent for a breed of pointers and setting-dogs.

1780 H. Walpole Let. to W. Cole 5 Feb. Dr. Birch was..running about like a young setting-dog in quest of anything.

1835 H. Harewood Dict. Sports at Setter It is said that Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, was the first person that broke a setting-dog to the net, doubtless the spaniel.

b. transferred and figurative.

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1643 True Christian Subj. under Heathen Prince 5 Looke to the twentieth part, which is but a setting dogge to shew where the covey of nineteen are.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Setters, or Setting-dogs, they that draw in Bubbles, for old Gamesters to Rook; also a Sergeant's Yeoman, or Bailiff's Follower, or Second, and an Excize-Officer to prevent the Brewers defrauding the King.

1735 A. Ramsay Addr. Thanks from Society of Rakes 7 Even sell K. T. that gart us ban, And eke, that setting Dog, his Man.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	setting dog
释义	† setting dogn. Obsolete. a. A dog trained to ‘set’ game; = setter n.¹ 11. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > that starts or indicates prey retriever1486 setting dog1611 beating-dog1669 setter1678 starter1766 finder1805 reporter1895 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Braque, a kind of short-tayled setting dog. 1621 G. Markham Hungers Preuention 253 A Setting Dogge is a certaine lusty land Spaniell, taught by nature to hunt the Partridge before, and more then any other chase whatsoeuer. 1697 Post Boy 12–14 Aug. b/2 An old Brown and white Setting-dog. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 116. ⁋1 He was eminent for a breed of pointers and setting-dogs. 1780 H. Walpole Let. to W. Cole 5 Feb. Dr. Birch was..running about like a young setting-dog in quest of anything. 1835 H. Harewood Dict. Sports at Setter It is said that Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, was the first person that broke a setting-dog to the net, doubtless the spaniel. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1643 True Christian Subj. under Heathen Prince 5 Looke to the twentieth part, which is but a setting dogge to shew where the covey of nineteen are. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Setters, or Setting-dogs, they that draw in Bubbles, for old Gamesters to Rook; also a Sergeant's Yeoman, or Bailiff's Follower, or Second, and an Excize-Officer to prevent the Brewers defrauding the King. 1735 A. Ramsay Addr. Thanks from Society of Rakes 7 Even sell K. T. that gart us ban, And eke, that setting Dog, his Man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1611
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