2. Verb. (third-person singular of dogear) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dogears
1. dogear [v] - See also: dogear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dogears
Literary usage of Dogears
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighborhood: Its Missionary Aspect by Charles Freer Andrews, Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Horace Mather Lippncott, 1877-1967 (1912)
"Rosettes are carved in the dogears of the door trims, and the cheeks and soffits
of the jambs are set with bevel-flush panels. In the parlour the fireplace ..."
2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1824)
"... it generally comes back with the kivers tore off', and the leaves full of,
dogears—now I take it, that this review is in the natur of an advertisement, ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1849)
"... that one who reads her volume for review will find, when he has finished,
dogears and pencil-marks as ' thick as leaves in ..."
4. The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighbourhood by Harold Donaldson Eberlein (1912)
"In the dogears of the door-trims are carved dainty little rosettes, while the
pediments above are finished with the infinite pains of the woodcarver's art. ..."
5. The Book Lover: A Magazine of Book Lore (1900)
"Your may follow his trail through a volume with your eyes shut, crumpled pages,
dogears, nail marks, loose signatures, damaged binding, torn leaves and ruin ..."
6. Encyclopedia of Household Information: A Compendium of Facts for Easy (1890)
"Take a camel's hair pencil and dampen the weak parts of the leaves with this
preparation, and carefully spread out the dogears and creases. ..."
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