Hackles

A hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen. Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame.

"I don't like Nan's cooking," grumbled Mary. "What?" piped up Grandad, his hackles raised. "Time was when we'd have been glad to get such a lovely bit of grub each day!"

One item on the summit's agenda has raised hackles at the European Commission, which runs the EU's day-to-day affairs.