meaning of dog
1. 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.
2. A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).
3. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
4. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.
5. 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).
6. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.
7. A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.
8. An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. A male or drone bee.
12. 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.
13. One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.
14. Alt. of Dogday
15. 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
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