Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the upper jaw projecting decidedly beyond the lower, as a dog.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having the upper
jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upperincisors in advance of the lower; said ofdogs .
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72 Or, “a hook-nosed (? pig-jawed, see Stonehenge, “The Dog,” p. 19, 4th ed.) dog has a bad mouth and cannot hold.”
On Hunting 2007
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