Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spaniel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spaniel \Span"iel\, a.
Cringing; fawning. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spaniel \Span"iel\, v. i.
To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious. [R.] --Churchill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spaniel \Span"iel\, v. t.
To follow like a spaniel. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spaniel \Span"iel\, n. [OF. espagneul, F. ['e]pagneul, espagnol
Spanish, Sp. espa[~n]nol, fr. Espa[~n]a Spain, from L.
Hispania.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) One of a breed of small dogs having long and
thick hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually
strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under
{Clumber}, and {Cocker}.
Note: There are several varieties of spaniels, some of which,
known as field spaniels, are used in hunting; others
are used for toy or pet dogs, as the Blenheim spaniel,
and the King Charles spaniel (see under {Blenheim}). Of
the field spaniels, the larger kinds are called
springers, and to these belong the Sussex, Norfolk, and
Clumber spaniels (see {Clumber}). The smaller field
spaniels, used in hunting woodcock, are called cocker
spaniels (see Cocker). Field spaniels are remarkable
for their activity and intelligence.
As a spaniel she will on him leap. --Chaucer.
2. A cringing, fawning person. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spaniel
n : any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with
a long silky coat and long frilled ears
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