Dog

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sundog \Sun"dog`\, n. (Meteorol.)
     1. A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the
        sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or
        more halos, or in a manner similar to that of halos.
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     2. A fragmentary rainbow; a small rainbow near the horizon;
        -- called also {dog} and {weathergaw}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dog \Dog\ (d[add]g or d[o^]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog
     mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.]
     1. (Zool.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the
        domestic dog ({Canis 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 {akita}, {beagle}, {bloodhound},
           {bulldog}, {coachdog}, {collie}, {Danish dog},
           {foxhound}, {greyhound}, {mastiff}, {pointer},
           {poodle}, {St. Bernard}, {setter}, {spaniel}, {spitz},
           {terrier}, {German shepherd}, {pit bull}, {Chihuahua},
           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.)
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     2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
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              What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he
              should do this great thing?           -- 2 Kings
                                                    viii. 13 (Rev.
                                                    Ver. )
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     3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly
        dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.]
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     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).
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     5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an
        andiron.
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     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.
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     7. an ugly or crude person, especially an ugly woman. [slang]
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     8. a {hot dog}. [slang]
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     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.
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     {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} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), a salmon of northwest America and
        northern Asia; -- the {gorbuscha}; -- called also {holia},
        and {hone}.
  
     {Dog shark}. (Zool.) 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} (Zool.), any species of univalve shells of the
        family {Nassid[ae]}, esp. the {Nassa reticulata} of
        England.
  
     {To give to the dogs}, or {To 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           I have been pursued, dogged, and waylaid. -- Pope.
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           Your sins will dog you, pursue you.      --Burroughs.
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           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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually
          smoked; often served on a bread roll [syn: {frank}, {frankfurter},
           {hotdog}, {hot dog}, {wiener}, {wienerwurst}, {weenie}]
       6: a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a
          wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn: {pawl},
           {detent}, {click}]
       7: metal supports for logs in a fireplace; "the andirons were
          too hot to touch" [syn: {andiron}, {firedog}, {dog-iron}]
       v : go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the
           mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn:
            {chase}, {chase after}, {trail}, {tail}, {tag}, {give
           chase}, {go after}, {track}]
       [also: {dogging}, {dogged}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  372 Moby Thesaurus words for "dog":
     Afghan hound, Alaskan malamute, Bedlington terrier, Border terrier,
     Boston bull, Cairn terrier, Chihuahua, Dalmatian,
     Doberman pinscher, English toy spaniel, Eskimo dog, Gordon setter,
     Great Dane, Great Pyrenees, Kerry blue terrier, Labrador retriever,
     Maltese, Newfoundland, Norwegian elkhound, Norwich terrier,
     Pekingese, Rhodesian ridgeback, Rottweiler, Saluki, Samoyed,
     Scottish deerhound, Seeing Eye dog, Siberian husky, Welsh corgi,
     Welsh terrier, Yorkshire terrier, affenpinscher, aggravate, animal,
     annoy, arch, baboon, badger, badger dog, bag, bait, balker,
     balky horse, bandog, bar, barbet, barricade, basset, basset hound,
     be at, beagle, beast, beat, bedevil, bedog, beset, billy,
     billy goat, bitch, blemish, block, block up, blockade, bloodhound,
     blot, boar, boarhound, bolt, borzoi, bother, bowwow, boxer,
     bristle, brown off, bubbly-jock, buck, bug, bull, bull terrier,
     bulldog, bullock, bullyrag, burn up, canine, chanticleer, chase,
     chivy, chock, choke, choke off, chow, close, close off,
     close tight, close up, clubfoot, coach dog, cock, cockerel, collie,
     come after, come behind, constrict, coonhound, course, crate,
     crock, crowbait, crowd, cur, dachshund, debar, deerhound, devil,
     digit, discompose, distemper, disturb, drake, drive, entire,
     entire horse, exasperate, exercise, extremity, eyesore, falcon,
     fancy dog, fash, feist, fetlock, flat-coated retriever, flush,
     follow, follow the hounds, follow up, foot, forefoot, forepaw,
     fowl, fox terrier, foxhound, frank, fret, fright, gander, gargoyle,
     garron, get, giant schnauzer, give chase, go after, go behind,
     go hunting, goat, gobbler, golden retriever, greyhound, griffon,
     gripe, guide dog, gun, gyp, hack, hag, harass, harefoot, harridan,
     harrier, harry, hart, haunt, hawk, he-goat, heap, heckle, hector,
     heel, hollo after, hoof, hot dog, hound, hunt, hunt down, husky,
     hyena, insect, instep, irk, jack, jacklight, jade, jam, jughead,
     kennel, lakeland terrier, lap dog, lock, make after, malamute,
     mastiff, mess, miff, molest, mongrel, monster, monstrosity,
     move behind, mutt, nag, needle, nettle, no beauty, nudzh, obstruct,
     occlude, otterhound, pack, pack of dogs, pad, papillon, pastern,
     patte, paw, peacock, pedal extremity, pedes, peeve, persecute, pes,
     pester, pick on, pied, pig, pique, plague, pluck the beard, plug,
     pointer, polecat, pooch, poodle, pother, prick, prosecute, provoke,
     prowl after, pug, puli, pup, puppy, pursue, quest, quest after,
     raise the hunt, ram, rat terrier, reptile, retriever, ride,
     ride to hounds, rile, roarer, rogue, roil, rooster, rosinante,
     ruffle, run, run after, scalawag, scarecrow, scum, search, seek,
     seek out, serpent, setter, shadow, sheep dog, shikar, shithead,
     shoot, show dog, shut off, shut out, shut tight, sight, skunk,
     sled dog, sleuth, sleuthhound, slut, snake, sole, spaniel,
     splayfoot, sport, squeeze, squeeze shut, stag, staghound, stalk,
     stallion, start, steer, stiff, stifle, still-hunt, stinkard,
     stop up, stot, strangle, strangulate, string along, stud,
     studhorse, suffocate, swine, tag, tag after, tag along, tail,
     tailgate, take out after, tease, teratism, terrier, toad, toe, tom,
     tom turkey, tomcat, tootsy, top cow, top horse, torment, toy dog,
     track, trail, trail after, tread close upon, trotter,
     try the patience, tup, turd, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, turnspit,
     tweak the nose, tyke, ugly duckling, ungula, varmint, vermin, vex,
     viper, watchdog, wether, whelp, whippet, whistler, wiener,
     wienerwurst, wienie, wire-haired terrier, witch, wolfhound,
     working dog, worm, worry, wreck
  
  

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 Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DOG. A well known domestic animal. In almost all languages this word is, a 
  term or name of contumely or reproach. See 3 Bulst. 226; 2 Mod. 260; 1 Leo. 
  148; and the title action on the case for defamation in the Digests; 
  Minsheu's Dictionary. 
       2. A dog is said at common law to have no intrinsic value, and he 
  cannot therefore be the subject of larceny. 4 Bl. Com. 236; 8 Serg. & Rawle, 
  571. But the owner has such property in him, that he may maintain trespass 
  for an injury to his dog; "for a man may have property in some things which 
  are of so base nature that no felony can be committed of them, as of a 
  bloodhound or mastiff." 12 H. VIII. 3; 18 H. VIII. 2; 7 Co. 18 a; Com. Dig. 
  Biens, F; 2 Bl. Com. 397; Bac. Ab. Trover, D; F. N. B. 86; Bro. Trespass, 
  pl. 407 Hob. 283; Cro. Eliz. 125; Cro. Jac. 463 2 Bl. Rep. 
       3. Dogs, if dangerous animals, may lawfully be killed, when their 
  ferocity is known to their owner, or in self-defence 13 John. R. 312; 10 
  John. R. 365; and when bitten by a rabid animal, a dog may be lawfully 
  killed by any one. 13 John. R. 312. 
       4. When a dog, in consequence of his vicious habits, becomes a common 
  nuisance, the owner may be indicted. And when he commits an injury, if the 
  owner had a knowledge of his mischievous propensity, he is liable to an 
  action on the case. Bull. N. P. 77; 2 Str. 1264; Lord Raym. 110. 1 B. & A. 
  620; 4 Camp. R. 198; 2 Esp. R. 482; 4 Cowen, 351; 6 S. & R. 36; Addis. R. 
  215; 1 Scam. 492 23 Wend 354; 17 Wend. 496; 4 Dev. & Batt. 146. 
       5. A man has a right to keep a dog to guard his premises, but not to 
  put him at the entrance of his house, because a person coming there on 
  lawful business may be injured by him, and this, though there may be another 
  entrance to the house. 4 C. & P. 297; 6 C. & P. 1. But if a dog be chained, 
  and a visitor so incautiously go near him that he is bitten, he has no right 
  of action against the owner. 3 Chit. Bl. 154, n. 7. Vide Animal; Knowledge; 
  Scienter. 
  
  

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.