See Also: prick-eared(dictionary)
prick-eared(medicine)
eared(1)(dictionary)
eared(2)(dictionary)
dog-eared(dictionary)
bat-eared fox(encyclopedia)
Eared(medicine)
sharp-eared(dictionary)
tulip-eared(medicine)
prick(1)(dictionary)

tart(2) (iou) and prick-eared (iou)


tart(2) (iou)



tart noun1. [tɑ:t] LME.
[Old French tarte = medieval Latin tarta, of uncertain origin.]
Orig., a baked dish consisting of a pastry crust containing and covering a filling such as meat, fish, cheese, etc.; a pie. Now esp., (a) an open pastry case with a sweet or savoury filling; a quiche; (b) a pie with a fruit or sweet filling.
R. Godden French strawberry tarts which we ate..in a patisserie.

prick-eared (iou)



prick-eared adjective. LME.
[from PRICK noun & adjective + EARED adjective1.]
Of an animal, esp. a dog: having erect pointed ears. LME.
b. fig. Of a person or animal: listening attentively, alert. M16.
Of a person: having ears made conspicuous by the hair being cut short and close to the head, in a style favoured by Puritan supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War; derog. puritanical, priggish. Cf. crop-eared (b) s.v. CROP noun. arch. M17.
prick-ear noun (usu. in pl.) (a) an animal's, esp. a dog's, erect pointed ears; (b) arch. a person's ear made conspicuous by the hair being cut short and close to the head: M17.