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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Spaniel

/spăn'-yəl/ · Span·iel · IPA /ˈspænjəl/
01 n. 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 bush…
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    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.(Zool.) See: Clumber, Cocker
    “As a spaniel she will on him leap.” — Chaucer.
  2. 2.
    A cringing, fawning person.
02 a. Cringing; fawning.
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    Cringing; fawning.
03 v. i. To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious.
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    To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious.[R.]
04 v. t. To follow like a spaniel.
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    To follow like a spaniel.[R.]