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collie, colly, n.|ˈkɒlɪ|
Also 8 coly, 8–9 colley, (9 coally, coley, cooly).
[Origin uncertain: it has been conjectured to be the same word as coaly ‘the colour being originally black’; cf. colly a. Chaucer has Colle as proper name of a dog, of which collie might possibly be dimin.]
1. A Scotch shepherd's dog; a breed of sheepdogs remarkable for sagacity.
[c1386Chaucer Nun's Pr. T. 563 Ran Colle our dogge, and Talbot, and Gerlond.] a1651Calderwood Hist. Kirk (1678) 691 (Jam.) The Bishop was nicknamed Collie, because he was so impudent and shameless, that when the Lords of the Session and Advocates went to dinner, he was not ashamed to follow them into their houses, unasked, and sat down at their table. 1721Ramsay Richy & Sandy, A better lad ne'er lean'd out o'er a kent, Or hounded coly o'er the mossy bent. 1787Grose Prov. Gl., Coley, a cur dog. N. 1786Burns Twa Dogs 23 The tither was a ploughman's collie, His breast was white, his touzie back Weel clad wi' coat o' glossy black; His gawcie tail, wi' upward curl, Hung owre his hurdies wi' a swirl. 1806Edin. Even. Courant 20 Jan. (Jam.), A black and white rough coley, or shepherd's dog. 1872G. W. Dasent Three to One II. 216 An affectionate coolie dog.
b. fig. ‘One who follows another constantly or implicitly’ (Jam.); cf. to dog, and Sc. follow-dog.
2. attrib. esp. in collie-dog.
c1774C. Keith Farmer's Ha in Chambers Pop. Poems Sc. (1862) 30 The colly dog lies i' the nook. 1807T. Bewick Hist. Quadrupeds (ed. 5) 329 The Cur Dog is a trusty and useful servant to the farmer and grazier..In the North of England, this and the foregoing [The Shepherd's Dog] are called Coally Dogs. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xliii, Turning sinners as a colley dog turns sheep. 1833Fraser's Mag. Oct. 398 His dog Totchy, an animal of the cooly breed. 1884York Herald 23 Aug. 4/2 A Black and Tan Collie Puppy. 1861G. H. K. Vac. Tour 139 All books are full of the marvels of colly-dogism. |
