DOG
ADJECTIVES
1425 — PRICK-EARED of a dog, etc.: having erect ears
1541 — SALT in heat; said of bitches → obs.
1579 — PRICKED of the ears of a dog, etc.: erect and pointed, cocked up
1592 — CANICULAR pert. to a dog → humorous usage
1594 — BAWLING howling, yelping → obs.
1599 — CANINAL dog-like, canine → obs.
1599 — CURTAL having the tail cut short or cut off; said of dogs → obs.
1603 — SALTY in heat; said of a bitch → obs.
1611 — DOG-GIVEN addicted to dogs → obs.
1815 — PHILOCYNIC loving dogs, fond of dogs
1835 — CANIVOROUS dog-devouring
1847 — PRICK-LUGGED having erect ears; said of a dog, pig, etc. → Eng. dial.
1851 — GURLY of a dog: given to growling → Sc.
1866 — BENCH-LEGGED bowlegged; having crooked legs; said of dogs → Amer. dial.
1874 — SWINE-CHOPPED of a hound: having a projecting upper jaw
1874 — SWINE-MOUTHED of a dog: having a projecting upper jaw → obs.
1878 — BOBBERY miscellaneous in breed or quality; said of a pack of hounds → Anglo-Indian
1889 — FEATHERY curly-haired; said of a dog
1892 — CYNOMORPHIC relating to a dog’s ideas and ways of looking at things
1904 — SALTING in heat; said of a bitch → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 — BENCH-KNEED bowlegged; having crooked legs; said of dogs → Amer. dial.
1929 — POTLICKING mongrel, worthless; said of a dog → Amer. dial.
1968 — GRADE not purebred; said of a dog → Amer. dial.
INTERJECTIONS
1800 — ISCA! a call to a dog → Sc.
1800 — ISK! a call to a dog → Sc.
1800 — ISKEY! — ISKIE! a call to a dog → Sc.
1800 — ISKISS! a call to a dog → Sc.
1890 — TCHEW! an exclamation used to drive away a dog or to hound him on to another animal → Ireland
1905 — YOCKS! a call of encouragement to a dog hunting rabbits, etc. → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1946 — CLEAN UP! begone! used in driving away an unwanted dog → Amer. dial.
1965 — DEAD DOG! a command to a dog to lie down and remain still → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1000 — RACHE — RATCH a hunting-dog which pursues its prey by scent
1290 — TIE-DOG a dog kept tied or chained up, either to guard a house or because fierce → obs.
1300 — GREYBITCH the female of the greyhound → obs.
1300 — GRIFHOUND a greyhound → obs.
1300 — KENNET a small hunting dog → obs.
1340 — BARSELETTE — BERCELET a hunting dog, a hound → obs.
1350 — MUTE a pack of hounds → arch.
1400 — GREW-HOUND a greyhound → obs. exc. Sc.
1400 — LEAM — LYAM — LYME a leash for hounds → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1400 — TIKE — TYKE a dog → usually contemptuous usage
1425 — BANDOG a dog tied or chained up, either to guard a house or on account of its ferocity; generally, a mastiff, a bloodhound
1440 — BAWLING the howling or yelping of dogs, wolves, etc. → obs.
1470 — SUIT a leash of hounds → obs.
1483 — MASTIN a mastiff dog → obs.
1486 — PUPPY a small dog kept as a lady’s pet or plaything; a lapdog → obs.
1486 — TRUNDLE-TAIL a curly tail of a dog; a dog with a curly tail; a cur → obs.
..16C — BUFA — BUFE a dog → criminals’ sl.
1523 — RACE a white mark down the face of a dog → obs.
1527 — LYAM-HOUND — LYME-HOUND a bloodhound → obs.
1531 — PUPPET a small dog; a puppy → obs.
1531 — YEARNING the baying of hounds → obs.
1536 — BAWTY a dog, esp. a large one → Sc.
1570 — GAZE-HOUND a species of dog used in hunting, which follows its prey by sight and not by scent
1573 — PRICK EARS the erect pointed ears of dogs, etc.; ears that are pricked up or stand erect
1575 — EARNING an uttering the prolonged cry of hounds → obs.
1576 — PUPSIE a puppy, a small dog
1583 — PUPPRELLE a little puppy → obs.
1598 — VELTER a small hunting-dog → obs.
1600 — COURSER a dog used to hunt game, esp. hare, for sport., esp., a greyhound or an other sight hound)
1600 — GRIPER a canine tooth → obs.
1605 — LURGG DOG a bloodhound → Sc. obs.
1611 — YARRER a dog that growls or snarls → Eng. dial. obs.
1611 — YAWLER a dog that howls
1613 — JACKET the hair of a dog
1616 — DOGS OF EASEMENT dogs employed to take up the chase in place of those that are spent → obs.
1616 — EARTH-DOG a terrier → obs.
1622 — CUTE a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → obs.
1640 — MESSET — MISSET a small dog → Eng. dial.
1641 — MESSAN a small dog → Sc., Ireland, & Eng. dial.
1647 — SCUMBER dog excrement → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1653 — VENERY a place where hunting-dogs are kept → obs.
1678 — BAWTIE a dog → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..18C — CAMBRA — KOMRA a dog → sl.
1709 — POMPEY a dog, esp. a lap dog or other small dog → obs.
1712 — DATE dog excrement → US
1731 — PUG a nickname for a dog → colloq.
1732 — BABBLER a hound that bays or barks inopportunely → hunting usage
1740 — GANG a pack of dogs → obs.
1746 — BANDY-HEWIT a mongrel; a dog of any kind → Eng. dial., contemptuous usage
1767 — WHIFFET — WHIFFIT a small, often noisy, dog → Amer. dial.
1770 — FAIST — FAUST — FEIST a small dog of mixed breed → Amer. dial.
1780 — BARBET a little dog with long curly hair; a poodle
1781 — HANNIEL a greedy dog → Eng. dial.
1785 — BOW-WOW a dog → juvenile usage
1788 — TARRIE — TERRIE a terrier → Sc.
1794 — CANINITY dog nature or race
..19C — CHANNER the suppressed noise between a bark and a whine which a dog makes when watching for a rat → Eng. dial.
..19C — DOUBLE-UGLY a dog’s name, esp. the brindled bulldog breed → Eng. dial.
..19C — FLAVERS what drops from the tongue of a dog → Eng. dial.
..19C — PUDDEN— PUDDING meat laced with a drug used to put a guard dog to sleep; once accomplished the dog has been ‘puddened’ → Brit. criminals’ sl.
..19C — RATTENER a dog for catching rats → Eng. dial.
..19C — WAMMUL a dog → Eng. dial.
..19C — YAPSTER a dog → sl.
1802 — GOWL a yell, a howl, a cry; the growl or howl of a dog → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1803 — PLANTATION DOG a watchdog → Amer. dial.
1804 — YAMPHER a barking dog → Sc.
1805 — LYAM-DOG a bloodhound
1808 — GOLDER the angry growl of a dog → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1812 — BUFFER a dog → sl.
1815 — GREW a greyhound → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1818 — LYING-DOG a setter
1821 — SLUT a female dog → euphemism now rare or obs.
1822 — GROWLER a dog → Eng. dial. & sl.
1824 — CARRIAGE DOG a Dalmatian, a coach-dog
1825 — DOGGIE — DOGGY a dog → juvenile usage
1825 — HAINGLE a greedy or lazy dog → Sc.
1827 — HARL a company of hounds → Eng. dial.
1830 — GIP — GYP — JIP a female dog → Amer. dial.
1832 — SAPLING a young greyhound till he is a year old
1834 — FAN-FAN a pet dog
1834 — LADY a female hound
1834 — LASS a form of address to a female dog
1838 — KURI a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → NZ
1842 — PIE-SHOP a dog → London sl.
1844 — TENTER a watchdog → Eng. dial.
1845 — BICK a female dog → Sc. (Bk.)
1850 — FICE — FISE — FYCE — PHYCE a small dog of mixed breed → Amer. dial.
1850 — FIST — FISTE — FYST a worthless dog → Amer. dial.
1850 — FOUCE a small dog of mixed breed → Amer. dial.
.M19 — OLD GAL a female dog → sl.
.M19 — QUIEN a dog → sl.
1853 — CAST-IRON DOG the Mexican hairless dog → Amer. dial. obs.
1853 — EGG-SUCKER a worthless dog → Amer. dial., derogatory
1854 — DOGDOM the world or realm of dogs → jocular usage
1855 — MOPSY a woolly variety of dog
1856 — BLACK TAN a dog, esp. a hound, with black and tan colouring → Amer. dial.
1859 — TOM-DOG a male dog
1860 — PUG a dog of no matter what breed → colloq.
1861 — LADY-PACK a pack of female hounds
1861 — MARLBOROUGH DOG a Blenheim spaniel
1864 — CANINITY sympathy with dogs, kindness to dogs
1864 — PYE-DOG a stray dog that lives by scavenging → orig. Anglo-Indian
1866 — YABBLE a dog’s barking → Sc.
1866 — YALDER the loud, continuous barking of a dog → Sc.
1873 — SOONER a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed; an inferior dog → Amer. dial.
1874 — DOG ILL distemper, a disease of dogs → obs.
1875 — HARM distemper in dogs → Eng. dial.
1875 — POLYDOGGERY the keeping of a number of dogs
1877 — SWINE-CHOP of a hound: a jaw that is overshot (projecting upper jaw)
1878 — BUTTERFLY NOSE a dog’s nose when spotted or mottled
1880 — CHUR the subdued growl of a dog → obs.
1884 — BLACK-AND-TAN a dog, esp. a hound, with black and tan colouring → Amer. dial.
1885 — GURRY — GURRY-WURRY a dog fight → Sc.
1886 — DACHS a dachshund → UK sl.
1886 — PYE a stray dog that lives by scavenging
1887 — POLTALLOCH TERRIER the West Highland white terrier
1887 — WOW-WOW a dog → colloq., chiefly child usage
1888 — CANICULTURE the rearing of dogs → humorous usage (Bk.)
1889 — MISOCYNY hatred of dogs
1892 — PEON DOG a Mexican Hairless dog → Amer. dial.
1892 — YAPPIE a puppy → Sc.
1894 — LOULOU a Pomeranian dog → nickname
1894 — SCENT-DOG a pointer → Sc.
1895 — BARUKHZY the Afghan hound
1895 — KI-YI a dog → US sl.
1898 — AUMERIL a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 — BABBLE the noise made by hounds when they give tongue before being sure of the scent → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — BEAINER a dog → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 — BENBITER a dog → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 — CAT-MALISON a dog given to worry cats → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — DAWG a dog → sl.
1898 — SIWASH DOG a dog of an indigenous breed → Amer. dial.
1899 — DAXIE — DAXY a dachshund → colloq.
1899 — TEK a dog → Sc.
..L19 — FOXY a fox terrier → Aust. sl.
..L19 — KIOODLE → KIYOODLE → KYOODLE a small, noisy dog → sl.
..L19 — MEATER a cowardly dog → Brit. sl., chiefly Cockneys’ usage
..L19 — NARRATIVE a dog’s tail → UK middle class usage
..20C — BARKER’S EGG dog excrement → Aust. sl.
..20C — FRESH dog excrement, recently excreted → US euphemism
..20C — SALMON-TOT RETRIEVER a mongrel, kept as a watch-dog and allowed to forage for its food → W. Indies sl.
..20C — STREET ACCIDENT a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → jocular usage
..20C — WOOFY a dog → Brit. sl.
1900 — DAG-LOCKS the matted hair of long-eared dogs → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — GOWLER a dog → N. Ireland (Bk.)
1900 — GRIG a greyhound → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 — MONG a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → Aust. sl.
1903 — POT HOUND a dog, a worthless dog → Amer. dial.
1904 — SCROBBLE a scratching; a pawing, as a dog → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MASTICE a mastiff dog → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MASTIE-DOG a mastiff dog → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MASTIS a mastiff dog → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MASTY a mastiff dog → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — NEUKATYKE a collie or shepherd’s dog → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — PADDLING-COLLIE a wandering dog → N. Ireland (Bk.)
1905 — RAKE a sheepdog → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — YAP a yelping dog, a cur → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — YELPER a young dog → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — YOULDER the noisy and rapid barking of a dog, esp. when in pursuit of prey, or when bringing an animal to bay → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 — MUTT a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → sl., orig. US
1908 — RAKKI a dog → Sc.
1909 — NINETY → 90 DOG a pug → sl.
1910 — BLUEY a Blue Heeler, an Australian cattle dog → Aust. sl.
1910 — ESKY an Eskimo dog → US sl., derogatory
1910 — TOPSIDER a lazy dog → Aust. sl.
1911 — BATIE a large dog of any species → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BOUFF a dog → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 — BRATCH a female hound → Sc. (Bk.)
1912 — BENCH-FICE a mongrel dog with long body and short legs like a bench → Amer. dial.
1916 — BONE EATER a dog → Amer. dial.
1922 — SOUP HOUND a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → Amer. dial.
1922 — TOAD a female dog → Amer. dial.
1922 — WIENER DOG a dachshund → N. Amer. colloq.
1924 — POOCH a dog → sl., orig. US
1926 — BONE POLISHER a dog; a bad dog → Amer. dial.
1926 — PURP a dog; a pup → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1928 — CULOTTE the soft hair or feather on the back of the forelegs of a dog
1929 — BAWLING-HOUND a hunting dog; one which bays when trailing coons, possums or foxes → Amer. dial.
1929 — POTLICKER a dog, usually one of mixed breed; a worthless dog → Amer. dial.
1930 — BEADLE a beagle → Amer. dial.
1930 — PENNY-DOG a small dog → Amer. dial.
1930 — TAILOR’S HELPER a vicious dog → US tramps’ sl.
1933 — BUTTON EAR an ear of a dog that laps over and hides the inside (Bk.)
1933 — DERBY DOG a young foxhound → Amer. dial.
1933 — DERBY GYP a young foxhound bitch → Amer. dial.
1934 — POOCHIE a dog; a pet name for a dog → colloq., orig. US
1935 — CURB-SETTER a mongrel dog → Amer. dial.
1936 — BITSER — BITZA — BITZER a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → Aust. sl.
1937 — GOORI — GOORIE — GOORY a dog, usually a mongrel → NZ sl.
1938 — POI DOG a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → Hawaii
1938 — SAUSAGE DOG a dachshund → jocular usage
1939 — FEISTY a small dog of mixed breed → Amer. dial.
1939 — PENNY-FEIST a small dog → Amer. dial.
1940 — MONG any dog, even of the best pedigree → Aust. sl.
1940 — SCUTTER a dog → Amer. dial., derogatory or jocular usage
1942 — BARKER a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BENCH-KNEED FISTE a dog with legs spread apart and bent at the knees, such as a bulldog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BLOG a blood-dog Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BLOODHOUND any dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BONE-CRUSHER a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BOWSER — BOWZER a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — BOZO a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — COP HOUND a police dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DOG OPERA the bedtime howling of Alaskan dogs → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DOG WITH A LONG WHEEL BASE AND A LOW ROAD CLEARANCE a dachshund → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DOGGESS a female dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DOGLET a small dog or pup →Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DORG a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DUTCH-HOUND a dachshund → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — FIDO a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — FLEA BAG a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — FOUR-LEGGED BURGLAR ALARM a watchdog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — GNARLER a dog, esp. a vicious dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — HOT MUTT a bloodhound → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — HOWLER a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — HUSKY a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — LEATHER the pendent part of a dog’s ear → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — MEESTLE a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — POOCH HOUND a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — POODLE any dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — RABBIT CHASER a racing greyhound → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SAUSAGE HOUND a dachshund → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SNARLER a dog → Amer. sl (Bk.).
1942 — SNARLEYOW a dog → Amer. sl (Bk.).
1942 — SNOOP-HOUND a bloodhound → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SNUGGLE-PUP a lap dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SNUGGLE-PUPPY a lap dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAIL-WAGGER a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — WHOREHOUND a female mongrel; a female dog of a mixed breed → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — WOOF a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — WOOF-WOOF a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — YIP a dog → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1950 — EGG-SUCKING DOG a dog that robs the hen’s nest → Amer. dial.
1950 — FENCE-CORNER BREED a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → Amer. dial.
1950 — HEINZ — HEINZ DOG a mongrel; a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed → Amer. dial.
1950 — LAB a Labrador dog → sl., orig. Can & US
1950 — MAGA DOG a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → W. Indies Rasta
1950 — TOSEY a female dog → Amer. dial.
1953 — ASTHMA DOG a Chihuahua → Amer. dial.
1954 — ILIO a dog → Hawaii
1954 — RALLY DOG a dog trained to herd cattle → Amer. dial.
1957 — SHACK-ROUSER — SHACK-ROUSTER a loud barking dog → Amer. dial.
1960 — CHERRY (HOG) a dog, esp. a greyhound → UK rhyming sl.
1961 — DACHSIE — DACHSY a dachshund → UK sl.
1962 — DEGREE any breed of dog → Amer. dial.
1965 — HEINZ 57 DOG a mongrel; a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed → Amer. dial.
1965 — OFF-BREED a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → Amer. dial.
1965 — ORNERY CUSS a dog → Amer. dial.
1965 — SOFKEE DOG a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → Amer. dial.
1966 — BONE HEAD a dog → Amer. dial.
1966 — BONE HOUND a dog → Amer. dial.
1966 — HEINIE a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → Amer. dial.
1966 — LAD OF A PUP a young dog → Amer. dial.
1966 — RABBIT DOG a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → Amer. dial.
1967 — ALLEY DOG a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → Amer. dial.
1967 — ANKLE-BITER a small dog, esp. an aggressive one → colloq., orig. US
1967 — FISH BURNER a sled dog → Alaskan usage
1967 — LERRUPY food prepared for a dog → Amer. dial.
1967 — MEAT HOUND a dog → Amer. dial., derogatory or jocular usage
1967 — SHIT-EATER a dog → Amer. dial., derogatory
1968 — BISCUIT HOUND a dog → Amer. dial.
1968 — CURBSTONE-SETTER → CURBSTONE-SITTER a mongrel dog → Amer. dial.
1968 — MUTTON HOUND a dog that kills sheep → Amer. dial.
1970 — BISCUIT-EATER a mongrel; a dog of mixed and uncertain breed → Amer. dial.
1974 — YALKIE a sheepdog → Sc.
1975 — DEMOCRAT HOUND an otherwise intelligent dog who takes up the wrong scent, as when a rabbit hound chases a fox → Amer. dial.
1976 — POOPERSCOOP a small shovel carried to clear up a dog’s excrement from the street, etc. → sl.
1976 — POOPERSCOOPER a small shovel carried to clear up a dog’s excrement from the street, etc. → sl.
1977 — BOWLER a dog, usually of unpretentious pedigree → Irish sl.
1978 — GUY a dog → Amer. sl.
1979 — DOG DO — DOG-DOO dog excrement → US sl.
1979 — JUCK a dog → English gypsy usage
1979 — JUCKIE a dog → English gypsy usage
1980 — BARKER’S EGG dog excrement, esp. when very old → sl., orig. Aust.
1980 — BARKER’S NEST a pile of dog excrement → sl., orig. Aust.
1983 — DERBY a group or pack of fox hounds → Amer. dial.
1983 — DISHLICKER a dog → Aust. sl.
1983 — DISHLICKER a racing greyhound → Aust. sl.
1984 — LABBIE — LABBY a Labrador dog
1986 — OUTLAW a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → Amer. dial.
1986 — RABBIT HOUND a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed → Amer. dial.
1986 — RAT DOG any small breed of dog → Amer. dial.
1986 — RATTAIL any small breed of dog → Amer. dial.
1991 — CYNOMANIA abnormal love of dogs (Bk.)
1991 — CYNOPHOBIA fear of dogs (Bk.)
1992 — CHRISTMAS LOG a dog → UK rhyming sl.
1992 — D-DOG a dog trained to detect hidden drugs → US sl.
1992 — GOLLIE a dog, esp. a greyhound → UK sl.
1992 — GOLLIWOG a dog, esp. a greyhound → UK rhyming sl.
1996 — BULLY a bulldog → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1997 — X a mongrel; a dog of mixed breed; a crossbreed → Can. sl.
1998 — DEEFA a dog → NZ sl., (‘d for dog’)
1998 — RAT DOG a Chihuahua → Amer. dial.
1999 — WOOL-CLASSER a dog that bites sheep → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2000 — ALL STATIONS an Alsatian dog → Aust. rhyming sl. or a jocular mispronunciation
2000 — ALLY an Alsatian dog → sl.
2001 — DOG DOODY dog excrement → US euphemism
2001 — DRACS the canine teeth → UK sl.
2006 — DOG-LOG a section of dog faeces → US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
1425 — BERNER an attendant in charge of a pack of hounds → obs.
..16C — BUFE NABBER a dog stealer → sl.
1599 — YEOMAN-FEWTERER a keeper of greyhounds → obs.
1679 — VAUTERER a keeper of hounds → obs.
1770 — DOG-BREAKER a person who ‘breaks’ or trains dogs, esp. for hunting
1783 — HANDLER a person who holds and incites a dog or gamecock in a fight or contest
1821 — GAY-TIKE BOY — GAY TYKE BOY a dog fancier → sl.
1822 — DOG PELTER a person whose job it was to kill stray or unlicensed dogs → US
1825 — DIRDER — DOG-DIRDER a person who ‘breaks’ or trains dogs, esp. for hunting; a kennel attendant → Sc.
1852 — CANICIDE a dog-killer
1854 — DOG-RAPPER an official employed to whip dogs out of a church or chapel → Eng. dial. obs.
1865 — PHILOCYNIC a lover of dogs → obs.
1889 — MOSHAY a keeper of bloodhounds → Amer. dial (Bk.).
1890 — BUFF-NAPPER a dog stealer → sl. (Bk.)
1890 — CYNOPHILIST a lover of dogs
1891 — CANNIS-COVE a dog fancier → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1897 — HANDLER a person who exhibits a dog at a show or trial
1908 — HANDLER a person in charge of a trained dog or dogs, esp. a police dog
1911 — VELTERER a keeper or attendant of hunting dogs
1922 — MOTHER a female owner of a dog → colloq.
VERBS – (also see BARK and YELP)
1050 — HARR to cut off the balls of the feet of dogs, so as to render them unfit for hunting → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1205 — GALE to bark, to yelp; said of a dog → obs.
1300 — FAWN ON to pat the head of a dog → obs.
1387 — HARR to snarl as a dog; to make a rough guttural trill → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1400 — SCUMBER to evacuate the faeces, to defecate; said of a dog → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1440 — BAFF to bark or yelp as a dog → obs.
1495 — LINE of dogs: to copulate; to impregnate a bitch
1509 — NARR to snarl, to growl; said of a dog → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1523 — YEARN to cry out eagerly, to give tongue; said of hounds → obs.
1555 — LIME to impregnate a bitch → obs.
1563 — BAWL to bark or howl as a dog → obs.
1610 — WAFF to yelp; said esp. of a puppy → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1687 — SNAP of a dog: to bite
1790 — SLENCH to hunt about privately with a view to stealing food, as a cat or dog → Eng. dial.
1815 — TAILPIPE to tie a tin can or similar object to the tail of a dog to frighten or annoy it
1842 — GURDLE of a dog: to growl → Eng. dial.
1849 — SOOL to attack or worry an animal; said of a dog → Aust. & NZ sl.
1870 — FILL A GENTLEMAN’S EYE to have thoroughly good points; said of a dog → sporting, esp. dog fanciers’ sl.
1892 — FOOF to howl or whine in a melancholy manner; said of a dog → Ireland
1904 — SCROBBLE to paw, as a dog → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MATHER to turn round before lying down, as a dog does → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — RUN NESH to run lightly and softly; said of a dog → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1926 — BAWL OUT to bay; said of a hunting dog → Amer. dial.
1929 — GAMSE to bite playfully; said of a dog → Sc.
1930 — STRIP to pull off the winter growth of hair from a dog; to pluck
1932 — VIRP to whine; said of a dog → Sc. (possibly a mistake for ‘yirp’)
1936 — FAULT to lose the scent or trail; said of a hunting dog → Amer. dial.
1942 — BELL to bay; said of a dog → Amer. dial.
1950 — HERSHEL to call coaxingly, as a dog → Amer. dial.
1967 — BABBLE to bark confusedly while running in a pack; said of hunting dogs → Amer. dial.
Lexicophilia 