Dog
Definition of Dog
Pronunciation: dǒg | n. | 1. | (Zool.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (Canis familiaris). | | 2. | A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch. | | 3. | A fellow; - used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog. | | 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 grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them. | | 7. | an ugly or crude person, especially an ugly woman. | | 8. | a hot dog.| Dog wheat | | (Bot.) Dog grass. |
| To go to the dogs | | to go to ruin; to be ruined. - Shak. |
| | v. t. | 1. | 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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