n. A variety of dog of comparatively small size, but very strong and muscular, with a large head, broad muzzle, short hair, tapering smooth tail, and remarkable courage and ferocity. Dogs of this kind were formerly much used in bullbaiting, whence the name.n. A bailiff.n. The assistant or servant who attends the proctor of an English university when on duty.n. A pistol; in recent use, a small revolver with a short barrel carrying a large ball.n. Nautical: The great gun in the officers' wardroom cabin.n. A general term for main-deck guns.n. In metallurgy, tap-cinder from the puddling-furnace, after the protoxid of iron has been converted into sesquioxid by roasting.n. A name given by the Canadian half-breeds to the gadfly.n. Same as bulldog ant.