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Canine

adjective

Of or relating to a pointed conical tooth. Synonym: laniary.

Of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae.

noun

One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars. Synonyms: canine tooth, cuspid, dogtooth, eye tooth, eyetooth.

Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles. Synonym: canid.

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"Canine" Quotes from Famous Books

... more's the pity, For thou wert ever gay and witty. And Charles Baines, an old time lawyer, Stood here professional top sawyer; He owned a bull dog, arrant thief! Who plundered Agar Yielding's beef; And when friend Yielding sought for law, To deal with canine of such maw, "Why, there is just one simple way," Said Charley, "Make the owner pay;" "I thank you for your judgment brief," Said Agar, "pay me for the beef." "Seven and sixpence worth of prog, Was bolted ...

— Recollections of Bytown and Its Old Inhabitants • William Pittman Lett

... to his canine forefathers these many years. But it is comforting to reflect that he lived to a fine old age, and died full of honors. He was known far and wide as the "Civil War Dog"—a title which caused him to receive much attention, ...

— Chasing an Iron Horse - Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War • Edward Robins

... time I have been threatening to get a dog and yesterday, feeling the need of intelligent canine sympathy, I succumbed. At the Army and Navy Stores, I found a hideous brindle bull that some officer had left on going to the front. He was promptly acquired, and given the name of Max in honour of our Burgomaster. ...

— A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium • Hugh Gibson

... incompatibility which exists between slavery and freedom in our own species in any given territory may be said to hold in the case of captive animals. It is particularly on this account that I am disposed to think that our races of dogs have been derived from one or more original species of truly canine ancestors, the wild forms of which have long ...

— Domesticated Animals - Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization • Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

... in the most canine of yelps; and at the same moment the gig was literally jerked from the man's hold, for the two sailors had given a tremendous tug at their oars to force the boat in the direction that Dexter was likely to take after his rise, and the next minute a dozen yards were between ...

— Quicksilver - The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel • George Manville Fenn

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