cur

A contemptible or inferior dog.

A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel; Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,

you have many enemies, that know not why they are so, but, like to village-curs, bark when their fellows do.

A detestable person.

This butcher's cur is venom-mouth'd, and I have not the power to muzzle him.

"Who 's a cur - now - hey?"

A sheepdog or watchdog.

Then send our Curs to gather up the Sheep

"He's a good sharp cur," or "a good cur," is said of any dog that barks at strangers and guards his master's property.