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Thread #56216   Message #877449
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
29-Jan-03 - 06:50 AM
Thread Name: Beagle or Beadle?
Subject: RE: Beagle or Beadle?
Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary:
"beagle: n, a small hound tracking by scent....hunting hares: sometimes, a harrier; a spy: a bailiff: a small kind of shark."

So either could be correct.

Nigel