SPANIEL

n. a. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker.

2.
n.

A cringing, fawning person. Shak.

3.
a.

Cringing; fawning. Shak.

4.
v.

To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious. [R.] Churchill.

5.
v.

To follow like a spaniel. [R.]

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