Terrier
Ter´ri`er
| n. | 1. | An auger or borer. |
| 1. | (Zool.) One of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the Skye terrier and Yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the English and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears. |
| 2. | (Law) Formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like. |
TERRIER, Eng. law. A roll, catalogue or survey of lands, belonging either to
a single person or a town, in which are stated the quantity of, acres, the
names of the tenants, and the like.
2. By the ecclesiastical law an inquiry is directed to be made from
time to time, of the temporal rights of the clergyman of every parish, and
to be returned into the registry of the bishop: this return is denominated a
terrier. 1 Phil. & Am. Ev. 602, 603.
Airedale,
Airedale terrier,
Australian terrier,
Bedlington terrier,
Border terrier,
Boston bull,
Boston terrier,
bull terrier,
bullterrier,
cairn,
cairn terrier,
chrysanthemum dog,
Dandie Dinmont,
Dandie Dinmont terrier,
fox terrier,
hunting dog,
Irish terrier,
Kerry blue terrier,
Lhasa,
Lhasa apso,
Norfolk terrier,
Norwich terrier,
rat terrier,
ratter,
schnauzer,
Scotch terrier,
Scottie,
Scottish terrier,
silky terrier,
Skye terrier,
soft-coated wheaten terrier,
Sydney silky,
Tibetan terrier,
West Highland white terrier,
wire-haired terrier,
wirehair,
wirehaired terrier,
Yorkshire terrier