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- English Word Dog Definition 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.
- English Word Dog bee Definition A male or drone bee.
- English Word Dog day Definition Alt. of Dogday
- English Word Dog days Definition A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer.
- English Word Dog fancier Definition One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.
- English Word Dog Star Definition Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, / Canis Majoris. See Dog days.
- English Word Dog's-bane Definition See Dogbane.
- English Word Dog's-ear Definition The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog.
- English Word Dog's-tail grass Definition A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; -- called also goldseed.
- English Word Dog's-tongue Definition Hound's-tongue.
- English Word Dog-brier Definition The dog-rose.
- English Word Dog-eared Definition Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book.
- English Word Dog-faced Definition Having a face resembling that of a dog.
- English Word Dog-fox Definition A male fox. See the Note under Dog, n., 6.
- English Word Dog-fox Definition The Arctic or blue fox; -- a name also applied to species of the genus Cynalopex.
- English Word Dog-headed Definition Having a head shaped like that of a dog; -- said of certain baboons.
- English Word Dog-hearted Definition Inhuman; cruel.
- English Word dog-legged Definition Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole.
- English Word Dog-rose Definition A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.
- English Word Dog-weary Definition Extremely weary.