Terrier

ter′i-ėr, n. a name originally applied to any breed of dog used to burrow underground, but now applied to any small dog—varieties are the Fox terrier , Scotch terrier (sometimes Skye terrier ), Dandie Dinmont (from the stout Borderer in Scott's 'Guy Manner ing'), the Irish terrier , Bedlington , .: a hole or burrow where foxes, rabbits, . secure themselves. [Fr. terrier — terre , the earth—L. terra .]