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o raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged. "The courser . . . pricks up his ears." Dryden.

Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs. Thou prick-eared cur of Iceland. Shak.

a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog.

Uttering confidently; dogmatical. [Obs.] Bacon.

of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of Pædogenesis.

The dung of dogs, used as an alkaline steep in tanning. Simmonds.

One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.

A young dog; a puppy.

The young of a canine animal, esp. of the common dog; a whelp.

semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 178, 179, and 250-254. "R is the dog's letter and hurreth in the sound." B. Jonson.

Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox.

A dog that pursued his prey by scent, as distinguished from the greyhound.[Obs.]

A dog that beats the ground in search of game.

Anything which catches rats; esp., a dog trained to catch rats; a rat terrier. See Terrier.

The low sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.

sey tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.

orest court formerly held in England every third year for the lawing, or expeditation, of dogs, to prevent them from running after deer; -- called also survey of dogs. Blackstone.

s to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay. (b) A supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in readiness at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continnue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way. (c) A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work.…

To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. Walsh.

A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded.