dog-ear

dog-ear
/dawg"ear', dog"-/, n.
1. (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
2. Archit. crossette.
v.t.
3. to fold down the corner of (a page in a book).
Also, dogear, dog's-ear.
[1650-60]

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