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dog's-ear

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dog's-ear

[dawgz-eer, dogz-]
–noun, verb (used with object)
dog-ear.

dog's-eared, adjective

cross⋅ette

[kraw-set, kro-]
–noun Architecture.
a projection at a corner of a door or window architrave.
Also called dog-ear, dog's-ear, elbow.


Origin:
1720–30; < F, dim. of crosse. See crosse, -ette

dog-ear

[dawg-eer, dog-]
–noun
1. (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
2. Architecture. crossette.
–verb (used with object)
3. to fold down the corner of (a page in a book).
Also, dogear, dog's-ear.


Origin:
1650–60
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