Obs. In 5 terryer. [a. F. terrier (14th c. in Littré):—late L. terrārium mound of earth, hillock, burrow, f. terre earth: see prec. sbs.] The earth or burrow of a badger or fox.
1484. Caxton, Fables of Æsop, V. ix. The foxe … was within a terryer nyghe to the lodgys of the lyon.
