Definition of breed

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Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster..

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Coachdog :: Coachdog () One of a breed of dogs trained to accompany carriages; the Dalmatian dog.
Spaniel :: Spaniel (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 bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker..
Grade :: Grade (n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade..
Mongrel :: Mongrel (n.) The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed..
Retriever :: Retriever (n.) A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded..
Stocker :: Stockdove (n.) A common European wild pigeon (Columba aenas), so called because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in the stocks, or trunks, of trees..
Cockmaster :: Cockmaster (n.) One who breeds gamecocks.
Hellkite :: Hellkite (n.) A kite of infernal breed.
Mongrelize :: Mongrelize (v. t. & i.) To cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as to produce mongrels..
Aurelian :: Aurelian (n.) An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist..
Foxhound :: Foxhound (n.) One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes.
Lowbred :: Lowbred (a.) Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar; as, a lowbred fellow; a lowbred remark..
Womb :: Womb (v. t.) To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret..
Stallmen :: Stallion (n.) A male horse not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding.
Pregnant :: Pregnant (a.) Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth..
Dachshund :: Dachshund (n.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired..
Turnspit :: Turnspit (n.) A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
Pipa :: Pipa (n.) The Surinam toad (Pipa Americana), noted for its peculiar breeding habits..
Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers..
Fashion :: Fashion (n.) Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion..
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