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