Dog Meaning in German
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• Dog
Definition & Meaning
- (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).
- (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.
- (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.
- (n.) A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
- (n.) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.
- (n.) A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.
- (n.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).
- (n.) An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.
- (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.
• Dog Star
Definition & Meaning
- () 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.
• Dog days
Definition & Meaning
- () 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.
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