kennel

kennel is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds. A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to describe his kennel. Sir P. Sidney.
  2. 2.A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs. Shak.
  3. 3.The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.
  4. 4.To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox. The dog kenneled in a hollow tree. L'Estrange.
  5. 5.To put or keep in a kennel. Thomson.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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  • Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
  • Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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