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单词 water-rug
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water-rugn.

Brit. /ˈwɔːtərʌɡ/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌrəɡ/, /ˈwɑdərˌrəɡ/
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., rug n.3
Etymology: Apparently < water n. + rug n.3 (see note at definition).
Now historical and rare.
A kind of water dog (water dog n. 1).The allusion in quot. a1616 is much discussed, but not conclusively; the word rug may imply a rough or shaggy coat.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > unspecified types
butcher's doga1425
water-ruga1616
grindle-taila1625
rock1719
poligar dog1788
tiger-hound1880
poligar hound1907
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. i. 95 Showghes, Water-Rugs, and Demy-Wolues.
1810 ‘Proteus the Younger’ Heroad 45 He is not like a British patriot,..Nor like Astrophel, the fierce water rug.
1846 Phrenol. Jrnl. 19 146 In some varieties of the spaniel, as the Suffolk water-rug, I have seen combative courage present in the very highest degree, accompanied by remarkable width of the head.
1903 W. Drury et al. Brit. Dogs (ed. 3) xxviii. 331 Shakespeare's Water-rug was probably a Water Spaniel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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