Mastiff

Etymology
An aberrant derivation from mastin: (modern  mâtin:), from  *undefined:, from  mansuetus:.

Pronunciation

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Noun

 * 1) One of several large breeds of dog (such as bulldogs and Saint Bernards), often used as guard dogs
 * 2) * 1605: William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, Scene VI
 * Avaunt, you curs! Be thy mouth or black or white, Tooth that poisons if it bite; Mastiff, greyhound, mongrel grim, Hound or spaniel, brach or him.
 * 1) * 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 98
 * A mastiff lay extended against a battered door.

Translations

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 * Lithuanian: mastifas
 * Old English: ryþþa, roþhund
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 * Volapük: doeg,  hidoeg,  jidoeg,  doegül,  hidoegül,  jidoegül

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