cynarctomachy

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• Cynarctomachy — Cyn arc*tom a*chy (s?n ?rk t?m ? k?). n. [Gr. ????, ????, dog + ??? bear + ??? fight.] Bear baiting with a dog. Hudibras. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cynarctomachy —   n. bear baiting with dogs …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Samuel Butler (poet) — Samuel Butler (8 February, 1612 ndash; 25 September, 1680) was a poet and satirist. Born in Strensham, Worcestershire and baptised 14 February, 1613,he is remembered now chiefly for a long satirical burlesque poem on Puritanism entitled Hudibras …   Wikipedia