Cŭr, n.
n. [Contracted from L. Ger. köter, köther, a common dog, peasant’s dog, originally dog of a cot, from Ger. koth, Eng. cot, q. v.]
Sense 1. A worthless dog.
They, . . . like to village curs, Bark when their fellows do. Shak.
Sense 2. A worthless, snarling fellow; — used in contempt.
What would you have, ye curs, That like not peace or war? Shak.