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1. (n.) 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).
2. (v. t.) 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.
3. (n.) 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.
4. (n.) A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
5. (n.) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.
6. (n.) A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.
7. (n.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).
8. (n.) An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.
9. (n.) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.

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.

1. () 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.