dog's-ear
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Dog's-ear — n. The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog. Gray. {Dog s eared }, a. Cowper. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dog's-ear — variant of dog ear … Useful english dictionary
dog's-ear — corner of a page turned down to keep one s place in a book … English contemporary dictionary
Dog anatomy — includes the same internal structures that are in humans. Details of structures vary tremendously from breed to breed, more than in any other animal species, wild or domesticated,[1] as dogs vary from the tiny Chihuahua to the giant Irish… … Wikipedia
dog-ear — dog′ ear or dog′ear n. 1) a corner of a page folded over like a dog s ear 2) to fold down the corner of (a page in a book) • Etymology: 1650–60 … From formal English to slang
Dog's-eared — Dog s ear Dog s ear , n. The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog. Gray. {Dog s eared }, a. Cowper. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dog-ear — (dogґēr) a redundancy of skin at the apical angle or along the side of a wound, forming a small protruding triangle of tissue with the appearance of a dog s ear. Dog ears (arrows) … Medical dictionary
dog-ear — noun a corner of a page turned down to mark your place • Hypernyms: ↑signal, ↑signaling, ↑sign • Part Holonyms: ↑page * * * I. transitive verb also … Useful english dictionary
Dog — For other uses, see Dog (disambiguation). Domestic dog Temporal range: 0.015–0 Ma … Wikipedia
dog-ear — /dawg ear , dog /, n. 1. (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog s ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place. 2. Archit. crossette. v.t. 3. to fold down the corner of (a page in a book). Also, dogear, dog s ear. [1650 60] * * * … Universalium
