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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sundog \Sun"dog`\, n. (Meteor.) A fragmentary rainbow; a small rainbow near the horizon; -- called also {dog} and {weathergaw}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dog \Dog\ (d[o^]g), n. [AS. docga akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw dogg.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the domestic dog ({C. familiaris}). Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound, mastiff, pointer, poodle, St Bernard, setter, spaniel, spitz dog, terrier, etc There are also many mixed breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these names in the Vocabulary.) 2. A mean worthless fellow; a wretch. What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? -- 2 Kings viii. 13 (Rev. Ver. ) 3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as a sly dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.] 4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius). 5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron. 6. (Mech.) a A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them b An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill. c A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool. Note: Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in the sense of relating to or characteristic of a dog. It is also used to denote a male; as dog fox or g-fox, a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; -- also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as dog Latin. {A dead dog}, a thing of no use or value. --1 Sam. xxiv. 14. {A dog in the manger}, an ugly-natured person who prevents others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them but is none to him {Dog ape} (Zo["o]l.), a male ape. {Dog cabbage}, or {Dog's cabbage} (Bot.), a succulent herb, native to the Mediterranean region ({Thelygonum Cynocrambe}). {Dog cheap}, very cheap. See under {Cheap}. {Dog ear} (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.] {Dog flea} (Zo["o]l.), a species of flea ({Pulex canis}) which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In America it is the common flea. See {Flea}, and {Aphaniptera}. {Dog grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Triticum caninum}) of the same genus as wheat. {Dog Latin}, barbarous Latin; as the dog Latin of pharmacy. {Dog lichen} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Peltigera canina}) growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous veins beneath. {Dog louse} (Zo["o]l.), a louse that infests the dog, esp. {H[ae]matopinus piliferus}; another species is {Trichodectes latus}. {Dog power}, a machine operated by the weight of a dog traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for churning. {Dog salmon} (Zo["o]l.), a salmon of northwest America and northern Asia; -- the {gorbuscha}; -- called also {holia}, and {hone}. {Dog shark}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Dogfish}. {Dog's meat}, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal. {Dog Star}. See in the Vocabulary. {Dog wheat} (Bot.), Dog grass. {Dog whelk} (Zo["o]l.), any species of univalve shells of the family {Nassid[ae]}, esp. the {Nassa reticulata} of England. {To give or throw}, {to the dogs}, to throw away as useless. ``Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it.'' --Shak. {To go to the dogs}, to go to ruin; to be ruined. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dog \Dog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dogged}; p. pr & vb n. {Dogging}.] To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity. I have been pursued, dogged, and waylaid. -- Pope. Your sins will dog you pursue you --Burroughs. Eager ill-bred petitioners, who do not so properly supplicate as hunt the person whom they address to dogging him from place to place till they even extort an answer to their rude requests. -- South. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dog n 1: a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night" [syn: {domestic dog}, {Canis familiaris}] 2: a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman; "she got a reputation as a frump"; "she's a real dog" [syn: {frump}] 3: informal term for a man: "you lucky dog" 4: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn: {cad}, {bounder}, {blackguard}, {hound}, {heel}] 5: a hinged device that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn: {pawl}, {detent}, {click}] 6: metal supports for logs in a fireplace; "the andirons were too hot to touch" [syn: {andiron}, {firedog}, {dogiron}] v : go after with the intent to catch [syn: {chase}, {chase after}, {trail}, {tail}, {tag}, {go after}, {track}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Dog frequently mentioned both in the Old and New Testaments. Dogs were used by the Hebrews as a watch for their houses (Isa. 56:10), and for guarding their flocks (Job 30:1). There were also then as now troops of semi-wild dogs that wandered about devouring dead bodies and the offal of the streets (1 Kings 14:11; 16:4; 21:19, 23; 22:38; Ps 59:6, 14). As the dog was an unclean animal, the terms "dog," "dog's head," "dead dog," were used as terms of reproach or of humiliation (1 Sam. 24:14; 2 Sam. 3:8; 9:8; 16:9). Paul calls false apostles dogs" (Phil. 3:2). Those who are shut out of the kingdom of heaven are also so designated (Rev. 22:15). Persecutors are called dogs" (Ps. 22:16). Hazael's words "Thy servant which is but a dog" (2 Kings 8:13), are spoken in mock humility=impossible that one so contemptible as he should attain to such power. From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: DOG, n. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship. This Divine Being in some of his smaller and silkier incarnations takes in the affection of Woman, the place to which there is no human male aspirant. The Dog is a survival -- an anachronism. He toils not neither does he spin, yet Solomon in all his glory never lay upon a door-mat all day long, sun-soaked and fly-fed and fat, while his master worked for the means wherewith to purchase the idle wag of the Solomonic tail, seasoned with a look of tolerant recognition.
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