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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bulldog \Bull"dog`\, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls. 2. (Metal.) A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bulldog \Bull"dog`\, a. Characteristic of or like a bulldog; stubborn; as bulldog courage; bulldog tenacity. {Bulldog bat} (Zo'94l.), a bat of the genus {Nyctinomus}; -- so called from the shape of its face. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bulldog adj 1: resembling or pertaining to a bulldog; "A bulldog appearance" 2: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" [syn: {dogged}, {dour}, {pertinacious}, {tenacious}, {unyielding}] n : a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting [syn: {English bulldog}] v 1: attack viciously and ferociously 2: throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo
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