Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bulldog"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bulldog \Bull"dog`\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity,
courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from
being formerly employed in baiting bulls.
2. (Metal.) A refractory material used as a furnace lining,
obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling
furnace of a rolling mill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bulldog \Bull"dog`\, a.
Characteristic of, or like, a bulldog; stubborn; as, bulldog
courage; bulldog tenacity.
{Bulldog bat} (Zo'94l.), a bat of the genus {Nyctinomus}; --
so called from the shape of its face.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bulldog
adj 1: resembling or pertaining to a bulldog; "A bulldog
appearance"
2: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour
determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all
the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but
tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of
opinion" [syn: {dogged}, {dour}, {pertinacious}, {tenacious},
{unyielding}]
n : a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and
strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in
England for bull baiting [syn: {English bulldog}]
v 1: attack viciously and ferociously
2: throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as
in a rodeo
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