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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Dŏg'-cheap, a. p. 401Cheap as dog's meat, or offal; very cheap. Johnson.Dŏg'-dāy, n. p. 401One of the days when Sirius, or the Dogstar, rises and sets with the sun. The dog-days commence the latter part of July, and end the beginning of September.Dŏg'draw, n. p. 401(Eng. Forest Law.) The act of drawing after, or pursuing, deer with a dog, being one of the circumstances which constituted what was called the manifest deprehension of an offender against venison in…Dōge, n. p. 401The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.Dŏg'-ēared, a. p. 401Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage;—said of a book. “Statute-books before unopened, not dog-eared.” Ld. Mansfield.Dōge'âte, n. p. 401The office held by a doge, or its rank, authority, &c.; dogate. Wright.Dōge'less, a. p. 401Without a doge. Byron.Dŏg'-făn'ci-er, n. p. 401One who has a taste for dogs, and who keeps them for sale.Dŏg'fĭsh, n. p. 402(Ichth.) A species of shark, constituting the genus Scyllium. ☞ The small spotted dogfish is S. canicula. The large spotted dogfish is S. catulus, and the black-mouthed dogfish is S. melanostomum.…Dŏg'fĭy, n. p. 402A voracious, biting fly. Chapman.Dŏg'-fŏx, n. p. 402A male fox.Dŏg'ged, a. p. 402Surly obstinate; sullen; morose; sourly impracticable. “The sulky spite of a temper naturally dogged.” W. Scott.Dŏg'gĕd-ly, adv. p. 402In a dogged manner; sullenly; sourly; morosely; with obstinate resolution.Dŏg'ged-ness, n. p. 402Sullenness; moroseness.Dŏg′ger, n. p. 402(Naut.) A fishing-vessel, used especially by the Dutch, usually equipped with two masts.Dŏg'ger, n. p. 402A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum-rock, consisting chiefly of silica and iron, but containing some alum.Dŏg'gĕr-el, a. p. 402Low in style, and irregular in measure;—said of poetry.Dŏg'ger-el, n. p. 402Low-styled and irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry. The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers. Macaulay.Dŏg'ger-man, n. p. 402A sailor belonging to a dogger.Dŏg'get, n. p. 402Docket. See DOCKET.Dŏg'ĕish, a. p. 402Like a dog; especially, having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; snappish; brutal.Dŏg'gish-ness, n. p. 402The quality of being doggish.Dŏg'-grāss, n. p. 402(Bot.) A plant (Triticum repens) common in uncultivated ground;—called, also, coach-grass, dog-wheat, knot-grass, twitch-grass, and quickens.Dŏg′gerel, a. & n. p. 402The same as DOGGEREL.Dŏg'-hōle, n. p. 402A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation or apartment. Dryden.Dŏg'-hōōk, n. p. 402A strong hook or wrench used for separating iron boring-rods. Halliwell.Dŏg'-Lăt'in, n. p. 402Barbarous Latin.Dŏg'-lĕg'gĕd, a. p. 402(Arch.) Having no well-hole, and not built straight from top to bottom;—said of stairs which consist of two or more separate straight portions, one above another, and connected by a platform, or…Dŏg'-lī'chen or Dŏg'-lich'en, n. p. 402(Bot.) A plant; the ground liverwort; Peltidea canina;—so called because supposed by some to be a cure for hydrophobia.Dŏg'ly, a. p. 402Like a dog. [Obs.]Dŏg'ly, adv. p. 402In a doggish manner. [Obs.]Dŏg'mă, n. p. 402That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine. “The obscure and loose dogmas of early antiquity.” Whewell. 2. An established tenet; a settled principle; a peremptory opinion; a formally…Dŏg'-mād, a. p. 402Mad as a mad dog. Swift.Dog-măt'ic or Dog-măt'ic-al, a. p. 402Pertaining to a dogma, or to a received or established doctrine. 2. Asserting, or disposed to assert, with authority, or with overbearing and arrogance; peremptory, or demanding assent; positive…Dog-măt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 402In a dogmatic manner; arrogantly; positively.Dog-māt'ic-al-ness, n. p. 402The quality of being dogmatical; positiveness.Dŏg'mă-tĭ'cian, n. p. 402One who dogmatizes; a dogmatist. [Rare.]Dog-măt'ics, n. sing. p. 402The science which treats of Christian doctrines; doctrinal theology. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] Murdock.Dŏg'ma-tīsm, n. p. 402The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in opinion. “The self-importance of his demeanor, and the dogmatism of his conversation.” W. Scott.Dŏg'ma-tist, n. p. 402One who dogmatizes; a positive asserter; a magisterial teacher; a bold or arrogant advancer of principles. To their character of commentators they added that of dogmatists. Whewell.Dŏg'ma-tīze, v. i. p. 402To assert positively; to teach with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance. “The pride of dogmatizing schools.” Blackmore.Dŏg'ma-tīz'er, n. p. 402One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher. Hammond.Dŏg'ma-to-ry, a. p. 402Dogmatical. [Very rare.]Dŏg'rōse, n. p. 402(Bot.) A species of rose (Rosa canina), which bears the hip. Loudon.Dŏg's'-bāne, n. p. 402(Bot.) A genus of plants (Apocynum) of little beauty, but easy culture;—said to be poisonous to dogs. Loudon.Dŏg's'-bāne, n. p. 402(Bot.) An urticaceous plant; Thelygonum cynocrambe. London.Dŏg's'-ēar, n. p. 402The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog.Dŏg'ship, n. p. 402The character, or individuality, of a dog.Dŏg'shōre, n. p. 402(Naut.) One of several pieces of timber used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.Dŏg'-sick, a. p. 402Sick as a dog sometimes is.Dŏg'-sleep, n. p. 402Pretended sleep. Addison.Dŏg's'-meat, n. p. 402Refuse; offal; meat for dogs.Dŏg’s’-tail-grass, n. p. 402(Bot.) A species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw-plait;—called also gold-seed.Dŏg’stär, n. p. 402Sirius, a star of the first magnitude, whose rising and setting with the sun originally gave name to the dog-days;—known also as Canicula, and a Canis Majoris.Dŏg’s’-tōngue, n. p. 402(Bot.) A plant; Cyno-glossum officinale; hound’s-tongue.Dŏg'-tōoth, n. p. 402A sharp-pointed human tooth, growing between the fore teeth and grinders, and resembling a dog's tooth;—called also eye-tooth and canine tooth. 2. (Arch.) An ornament peculiar to the early English…Dŏg'-tōoth-spār’, n. p. 402(Min.) A variety of calcite, occurring, crystallized, in sharp-pointed rhombohedrons, resembling the tooth of a dog.Dŏg'-tōoth-vī'o-let, n. p. 402(Bot.) A small, bulbous plant of the genus Erythronium, much admired for its beauty. London.Dŏg'-trick, n. p. 402A currish trick; brutal treatment.Dŏg'-trŏt, n. p. 402A gentle trot, like that of a dog.