Frill
The feather or hair under the neck or throat of a long-coated dog-especially in a setter.
Hare-foot. A long, narrow foot, carried far forward. Contrasted with Cat-foot.
Haw. The inside eye-lid, which is plainly seen, reddened by exposure to the light; most apparent in the Bloodhound.
Height of a Dog. The perpendicular distance from the top of the shoulder-blade to the ground.
Hocks. The joints between the pasterns (q.v.) of the hind legs and the upper part of the leg.
Hucklebones. The tops of the hip-joints.
Knee. The joints between the pasterns of the fore legs and the upper part of the leg.
Leather. The skin of the ear, most generally used when speaking or writing of the bloodhound.
Level Jawed. - Epithet given to a dog whose teeth meet evenly, and whose jaws are never Overshot (q.v.) nor Undershot (q.v.).
Overshot. Having the upper teeth in advance of the lower. An excess of this characteristic is said to make a dog Pig-jawed.
Pad. The thickened protuberance on the sole of a dog's foot.
Pastern. The lowest section of the leg, from the foot up to the knee or hock, according as it may be of the front- or hind-leg.
Pily.-Epithet of a coat consisting of two kinds of hair, the one soft and woolly, the other long and wiry.
Rose-ear. An ear which folds at the back, and whose tip falls away backwards, exposing the interior.
Rounding.-Trimming a hound's ears in order to protect them from being torn by gorse, &c.
Shoulder. The top of the shoulder-blade, the point from which the height of a dog is measured.
Stern. The tail of a sporting dog, especially of a Foxhound.
Stifle. The joint in a dog's hind-leg next to the buttock; the hip-joint.
Sting.-Epithet applied to a tail which tapers to a fine point.
Stop. The indentation just in front of the eyes, between the skull proper and the nasal bone.
It is most prominent in Bull-dogs, Pugs, and short-faced Spaniels.
Top-knot. The long hair on the top of the head of an Irish water spaniel or on any other dog.
True Arm. The upper part of the fore leg, contrasted with the lower, which is also known as the fore arin.
True Thigh. The upper part of the hind-leg.
Tulip-ear. An ear which stands erect; this ear is not desirable in any variety of sporting dog.
Undershot. A dog is undershot when the lower teeth project in front of the upper ones.
This deformity in a terrier is absolute disqualification in the prize ring. Wire-haired. - Epithet of a coat in which the hair is coarse and harsh. Commonly used to distinguish the long-haired varieties of dogs that are usually smooth-coated, even when the hair is not rough.
Bibliography. - Dogs of the British Isles. "Stonehenge" J. H. Walsh (Cox), 1872; The