subs. (old).—A parasite: as adj. = servile: as verb. = to fawn, to be obsequious.
1601. SHAKESPEARE, Julius Cæsar, iii. 1, 43. Low crooked court’sies, and base SPANIEL-FAWNING.
1638. FORD, The Fancies Chaste and Noble, iii. 3.
| He, unhappy man! whom your advancement | |
| Hath ruin’d by being SPANIEL to your fortunes, | |
| Will curse he train’d me hither. |
