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dogn.1 Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown.The word belongs to a set of words of uncertain or phonologically problematic etymology with a stem-final geminated g in Old English which is not due to West Germanic consonant gemination and therefore does not undergo assibilation. These words form both a morphological and a semantic group, as they are usually Old English weak masculine nouns and denote animals; compare frog n.1, hog n.1, pig n.1, stag n.1, Old English sugga (see haysugge n.), Old English wicga (see earwig n.), and perhaps teg n.1 It has been suggested that these words show expressive gemination, perhaps due to their being originally hypocoristic forms. (For discussion see R. M. Hogg ‘Two Geminate Consonants in Old English’ in J. Anderson Lang. Form & Ling. Variation (1982) 187–202.) For some of the words, substratal influence has also been considered (compare pig n.1). Because attestation of these words in Old English is generally rare and confined to glossaries and onomastic evidence (as in the case of dog n.1), if they are attested at all, and also because there is often a better-attested synonym (in this case, hound n.1), it seems likely that the words were stylistically marked in Old English, i.e. considered non-literary or informal. The word is attested twice as a place-name element (in the genitive plural) in a 14th-cent. copy of an Anglo-Saxon charter of 941 granting land at Buckland Newton, Dorset (doggene berwe is probably to be identified with Dogbury Hill, an ancient hill fort):a1400 ( Bounds (Sawyer 474) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1887) II. 500 Endelang stremes on doggene ford þanen up on doggene berwe.It is also perhaps attested (in the compound doggiþorn ) in a late 12th-cent. copy of another charter purportedly recording a grant of land in Gloucestershire made a959, although it is unclear whether the form here represents this word or its derivative doggy adj.:c1175 (?OE) Bounds (Sawyer 664) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1893) III. 113 Of pislege on doggiþorn, of þam þorne to eadingham.Compare also the following place names: Dogeflod , Surrey (1257; formerly Dogflood, now lost), Doggeworth , Devon (1281; now Dogsworthy), etc. Also early as an element in bynames and surnames; compare: Syward Dogheafd (a1195), Richard Doggetall' (1201), Robertus Doggefel (1201), Robertus Doggisheued (1204), etc. Compare also Roger le Doge (1296). The word occurs in a number of other European languages, considerably later than in English, and in many cases with the identifying attribute ‘English’. All of these instances probably show borrowing either directly or indirectly < English. Compare Dutch dog (16th cent.; in early modern Dutch also dogge ), German Dogge (16th cent. as dock , docke ; 17th cent. as dogg , dogge ), Swedish dogg (17th cent.), Danish dogge , dog (a1700); French dogue (15th cent. in Middle French denoting a type of hunting dog; 14th cent. as an insult used to a Frenchman by an Englishman), Spanish dogo (1644), Portuguese dogue (1789; 1727 as †dogo ), Italian dogo (19th cent.; a1712 in the diminutive doghetto ). In all of these languages the word is applied more narrowly to particular varieties of dogs, usually mastiffs. This probably reflects the types of dogs which were imported from or associated with Britain, and probably has no bearing on the early meaning of the word in English. The etymology of the English word is unknown. No likely cognates have been identified with a meaning at all close to that of the English word, and all attempted etymological explanations are extremely speculative. A word of this phonological shape is hard to explain as a regular development from a Germanic base, but nonetheless a number of attempts have been made. One attempt sees a connection with the Germanic base of dow v.1, assuming an original meaning such as ‘useful or faithful animal’, but this has not met with general acceptance. In this connection an Old English personal name Dycga is sometimes compared as a possible formal parallel from the same base, but it is quite possible that the personal name has no connection with dog n.1 Another attempted etymology takes the word ultimately from the Indo-European base probably meaning ‘run’ which is probably reflected by Sanskrit dhav- (see prothetely n.), but this poses a number of formal difficulties. Another suggestion is that the word shows a development from an Indo-European base meaning ‘to be or become unconscious’, but this involves a very large number of unattested stages in the semantic development (assuming a development ‘bundle’ > ‘cuddly bundle’ > ‘pet’ > ‘dog’), and also involves a very uncertain original base form. The β. forms (which are first attested in the second half of the 15th cent.) and the ζ. forms (which first appear only in the 19th cent., but are now characteristic of many regional varieties) apparently both show the same tendency to lengthen short ŏ before a velar, but at different times and consequently with different results (compare E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §53 note 2). The γ. forms, apparently reflecting a pronunciation with an affricate, are unexplained; it is possible that some of the Middle English spellings could reflect a similar pronunciation. The δ. forms show the development of a diphthong from an original velar glide (see A. J. Aitken & C. Macafee Older Scots Vowels (2002) §16.4); Ling. Atlas Scotl. (1986) III. 345 records pronunciations reflecting such forms from northern and north-eastern Scotland. The ε. forms (very common in Scots, especially in central Scotland) probably reflect sporadic raising of short ŏ to ŭ before g and (in most cases) subsequent unrounding to /ʌ/; the raising probably occurred in late Middle English (compare the 15th-cent. form frugge at frog n.1 and adj.), and is apparently evidenced in both dog and frog in the speech of Isaac Newton (who was born in south Lincolnshire) in the second half of the 17th cent. (see E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) I. 249); J. Wright Eng. Dial. Gram. (1905) 407 records pronunciations with /ʊ/ (or a sound close to it) from Lancashire and Derbyshire, and with /ʌ/ from Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Devon; Ling. Atlas Eng. (1978) (Ph40) records pronunciations with /ʊ/ in two discrete pockets: one in the north-west midlands (including south Lancashire and Cheshire) and the other in the east midlands (centred on east Leicestershire, Rutland, and north Northamptonshire), and pronunciations with /ʌ/ in two further discrete pockets: one centred on Bedfordshire and the other on Devon. In sense 10 and in dog-chance n., dog-throw n. at Compounds 3a, after classical Latin canis or canīcula in similar use. I. The animal. 1. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt (1959) 75 Canum : docgena. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 213 His [sc. the devil's] teð beoð attri as of amad dogge. dauið iþe sauter cleopeð him dogge. c1300 St. Michael (Laud) l. 281 in C. Horstmann (1887) 307 A teie doggue is clib I-nov, ȝwane man comez In is siȝte. 1340 (1866) 66 (MED) [An evil speaker] is anlikned to þe felle dogge þet byt and beberkþ alle þo þet he may. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 13658 Þai scott him als a dog Right vte o þair synagog. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. x. l. 261 Thi dogge dar nat berke. c1450 in R. H. Robbins (1959) 186 He þat tied talbot oure doge, euyll mot he fare! a1464 J. Capgrave (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 221 Þei seide pleynly þat it was no more trost to þe pope writing þan to a dogge tail. ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 492 (MED) There was not oon dogge that wolde breke ageyne those vulfes [sc. Lollards], but the bischop of Norwiche. 1568 E. Tilney (new ed.) sig. Dviijv Dogs barke boldely at their owne maisters doore. 1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo (rev. ed.) iv. f. 179 Like the Sheepheards good Dog. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iii. 136 If I thought that, Ide beate him like a dogge . View more context for this quotation 1686 A. Horneck xxii. 682 The dog teaches thee fidelity. 1733 A. Pope i. 118 His faithful Dog shall bear him company. 1765 D. Hume 28 Dec. (1932) I. 530 His very Dog, who is no better than a Coly, has a Name and Reputation in the World. 1837 22 69 This kind of dog..is highly prized by the Cerigots. 1869 W. P. Mackay (1874) viii The dog in the East is not as here domesticated, but..outside the cities, is more like a wolf prowling for prey. 1889 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne vii. 96 [He dropped into] a contemptuous kind of friendship. By this time..Pitman was the lawyer's dog. a1933 J. A. Thomson (1934) II. 1350 The first animal to be domesticated by prehistoric man was the dog, and this great event seems to have occurred in the Neolithic Age. 1968 F. Fish Let. 24 Nov. in L. Woolf (1990) 570 The sort of yapping, snapping, snarling hysterical dust-up which shows the difference between a bitch fight and a dog fight. 1984 (Nexis) 6 May f5 With all due respect I ask you..: Call off your dogs, Mr. President. 2006 Jan. 64/1 The dog has proven the most adaptable, versatile and steadfast of companions. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 214 Þet þe dogge of helle cume. 1592 G. Harvey Certaine Sonnets i, in 61 Dead is the Dog of spite: I, that for pitie praised him aliue..Am not with sory carcasses to striue. 1667 J. Milton x. 616 See with what heat these Dogs of Hell advance. View more context for this quotation 1745 J. Wesley (1872) VIII. 195 Those dogs of hell are let loose to prey upon your soul. 1825 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xix, in Mar. 367 Fiends ride forth a-souling, For the dogs of havock are yelping and yowling. 1837 S. Lover Handy Andy in 1 173 Lose no time, Murphy, my boy: let loose the dogs of law on him, and harass him till he'd wish the d—l had him. 1924 ‘L. Malet’ (title) Dogs of want. 1995 (Nexis) 22 Mar. (Sports section) Football is surrounded by the ravenous, slavering dogs of greed. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 214 Þe dogge of helle..þefule cur dogge. c1460 (?c1400) Prol. l. 633 (MED) As he souȝt his logging, he appid oppon a whelp..That lay vndir a steyir, a grete Walssh dogg, That bare a-boute his nek a grete huge clogg, Be-cause þat he was spetouse. 1516 R. Fabyan ccxxxi. f. Civ A mastife or great curre Dogge. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1888) I. 20 The secund kynde of hunting dog is..a beist of a meruellous audacitie and suiftnes. 1633 T. James 93 Bucke Dogs, of a very good race. 1672 J. Josselyn 15 The Indian Dog is a Creature begotten 'twixt a Wolf and a Fox. 1813 P. Hawker (1893) I. 89 My Newfoundland dog..had decamped. 1870 B. Clayton 6 Field dogs are used for field purposes only. 1889 St. J. Tyrwhitt in 15 Feb. 253 Society kept him..painting toy dogs. 1893 E. Carrington vi. 52 Very famous cattle dogs. 1957 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 16 Dec. in (1990) viii. 183 A most charming—and very boisterous—animal, who can't get it into his head that he is not a lap dog. 2006 (Nexis) 21 Jan. c9 These past seven years he hasn't been using the well-known rabbit dog, the beagle. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] c1300 (Laud) (1868) l. 1839 (MED) Þey..shoten on him so don on bere Dogges..þanne men doth þe bere beyte. a1350 in R. H. Robbins (1959) 28 A doseyn of doggen ne myhte hyre drawe. c1400 (?c1390) (1940) l. 1600 Burnez him [sc. the boar] broȝt to bent, And doggez to dethe endite. 1495 (de Worde) xviii. ciii. sig. ggiijv/1 Suche beestys [sc. badgers]..ben huntyd and chassyd wyth hunters dogges. ?a1500 Hunting of Hare in H. Weber (1810) III. 280 Ychon of hus hase a dogge or too; For grehowndes have thou no care. 1533 in tr. Erasmus sig. G.iii, (margin) Pentheus..dyd non other thinge all his lyfe but hunte & followe dogges. 1649 E. Reynolds (new ed.) iii. 38 The Dogge in hunting of the Deere. 1748 T. Salmon i. 14 Some Gentlemen of the Town always keep a Pack of Dogs. 1823 W. Scott I. ix. 237 A sounder..had..withdrawn in pursuit of him all the dogs..and the greater part of the huntsmen. 1858 Jan. 255/2 A man hunting with a fowling piece in his hand, and a pack of dogs..laid on to a turkey. 1903 A. Conan Doyle iii. 100 The dogs opened in front of me... I could hear the huntsman shouting his congratulations. 2001 26 Oct. 4/8 There might not be enough time for a Bill to ban hunting with dogs in this session of Parliament. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxvi. 1168 A gentil hounde..haþ lasse fleissh þan a dogge and schorter here and more þynne. (Harl. 221) 125/1 Dogge, shyppe-herdys hownde, gregarius. 1530 J. Palsgrave 214/2 Dogge, a mischevous curre, dogue. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > greyhound > kinds of or used for specific purpose 1898 4 Feb. 5/2 There are lots of people interested who are not betting on the dogs. 1927 28 July 7/4 ‘Going to the dogs’ has..lost..its old suggestion of a descent to dissipation and ruin. Since greyhound racing at the White City..came into existence the expression has suggested a good adventure. 1934 C. Brooks 1 July (1998) 63 ‘I don't believe,’ he said ‘that if a man or a woman goes to the dogs or the races they are necessarily going to ruin themselves.’ 1948 G. Frost xv. 175 Doping, swindling, thuggery and even forgery have been practised at the dogs, but I believe the spiv aspect of greyhound racing is much exaggerated. 1959 13 June 1016/3 He..failed his Bar examinations because he preferred horse-racing, the ‘dogs’ and dancing. 2001 (Nexis) 9 Mar. tgif 24 I limited my betting to the dogs, while my husband concentrated on the Gulfstream horse races. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > male c1450 in W. R. Dawson (1934) 184 (MED) Giff it [sc. nettle seed] to a dogge that goþe assaut, and he will forsake the biche, and she will go wode. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach iii. f. 154v The Dogge is thought better then the Bitch. 1686 R. Blome ii. xxiii. 61/2 It is left to your own discretion to have any of the Dogs gelt, or the Bitches spaid. 1768 G. Washington (1889) II. 248 Four puppys, that is 3 dogs and a bitch. 1772 in G. Cartwright (1792) I. 216 [I] saw the fresh tracks of three white-bears; a dog, a bitch, and her cub. 1842 J. B. Jukes I. 314 If they can once kill the female [hooded seal],..the dog will not go far from the spot. 1882 21 Oct. 19/2 If this is your fox, Jack, he's an unmistakable old dog. 1888 (ed. 2) ii. 12 This court..permits of the dogs being kept separate from the jills. 1890 1 Feb. 134/2 The man who knows and loves his hound only uses the word dog, as he does the word bitch, to denote sex. 1922 R. Leighton xxii. 344 There are few troubles of the genital organs that need attention in either dog or bitch. 1996 J. Morgan 280 A male fox is known as a dog and a female as a vixen. 2006 Dec. 148/3 (advt.) Black labradoodle pups, dogs and bitches, mother from working strain. 3. With distinguishing word. 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius 19 Both Ælianus, and Ælius, call the Beauer Κὖνα [sic] ποτάμιον a water dogge, or a dogge fishe. 1646 Sir T. Browne 114 Ætius..prescribeth the stones of the Otter, or River-dog, as succedaneous unto Castoreum. View more context for this quotation 1796 J. G. Stedman II. xxii. 142 The vampire..of Guiana..is also called the flying-dog of New Spain. 1879 G. B. Goode (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 14) 5 Zalophus Gillespiei... The Sea Dog. Pacific Coast. 1939 13 Aug. 12/6 The Tasmanian wolf, or pouched dog, is sometimes called the zebra wolf. 2000 July 8/2 The prairie dog is what some ecologists believe to be a keystone species. 1780 I. Munro Let. Mar. in (1789) iv. 36 A species of the common cur, called a pariar dog. 1838 XII. 371/1 The animal..he describes under the name of Lycaon, the Hunting Dog. 1890 A. Conan Doyle xii. 231 I found it was Dawson's wife, all cut into ribbons, and half eaten by jackals and native dogs. 1957 P. J. Darlington vi. 394 Cuon (the Dhole or Red Dog), widely distributed in southern and eastern Asia. 2002 J. Cunliffe (new ed.) 68/2 Others include the African wild dog, also called the Cape hunting dog and African hunting dog. the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Proteidae (mudpuppies) > genus Menobranchus or Necturus > necturus maculosus (mud-puppy) 1859 J. R. Bartlett (ed. 2) 502 Water-dogs, the Western name for various species of salamanders;..sometimes called Water-puppies and Ground-puppies. 1876 G. B. Goode 13 Proteida. (River-dogs, hell-benders.) 1949 Sept. 593/1 The best known is probably the common mud puppy or water dog (Necturus maculosus). 1984 P. Matthiessen vi. 189 The pool was..teeming with dragonflies and torpid salamanders—‘water dogs’. the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > miscellaneous types of the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > family Scyliorhinidae > member of genus Galeus the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of family Squalidae 1673 J. Ray 98 Picked Dogs, Catulus spinax. 1740 R. Brookes lxii. 182 The Smooth or Unpricky Hound..has a Fin between the Pair at the Vent and the Tail, which the Picked Dog has not. 1848 C. A. Johns 241 I..fished in five or six different spots..there were ‘dogs’, as they are called, everywhere..but nothing else. 1860 J. G. Wood 71 The destructive..fish..known by the names of..Penny Dog, or Miller's Dog. 1861 J. Couch I. 49 The Picked Dog is the smallest but far the most abundant of the British Sharks. 1924 (Royal Soc.) B. 212 8 The spines of the dorsal fins of the spiny dog-fish (Acanthias vulgaris). (The ‘picked dog’ or ‘spur dog’.) 1972 A. Wrangles v. 117 Lesser spotted dogfish... Local names. Sandy dog, dogger, rough hound, blind Jimmy, huss, etc. 2005 Mar. 101 Bull huss do not move in shoals like spurdog. II. Extended uses. 5. Denoting a person or thing (with varying degrees of contempt or admiration). society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person c1330 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Auch.) l. 126 in (1885) 8 117 (MED) Drisses now ȝour mangunel..& scheteþ to hem wiþ alblast, Þe teyled doggen to agast. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1963) 2 Kings xvi. 9 Abisai..seide to þe kyng, whi curseth þis dogge to diynge to my lord þe kyng? a1450 (?a1300) (Caius) (1810) l. 4518 Jhon Doyly..slowgh hym..And sayde: ‘Dogge, ther thou ly!’ a1500 (a1460) (1994) I. xiv. 159 To fell those fatures I am bowne, And dystroy those dogys in feyld and towne. 1600 W. Shakespeare i. iii. 126 You spurnd me such a day another time, You calld me dogge . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. iii. 2 What men haue I? Dogges, Cowards, Dastards. View more context for this quotation 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto xx. 72 Such feeble slaves, as these Christian Dogs. 1712 J. Addison No. 530. ¶4 Had not my Dog the Steward run away as he did, without making up his Accounts. 1767 ‘A. Barton’ i. i. 13 Deliver the papers—Deliver the papers, you dog! 1819 W. Scott I. viii. 139 Dog of an unbeliever..darest thou press upon a Christian? 1880 Ld. Tennyson Revenge ii, in 29 If I left them..To these Inquisition dogs and the devildoms of Spain. 1936 M. R. Anand iii. 141 ‘Keep quiet, you swine!’ said the sergeant waving the cane... ‘Take this, you dog!’ 2005 T. Hall ii. 30 ‘Get out of my shop this instant, you dog!’ he shouted at me. the world > people > person > man > [noun] the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or liveliness > vigorous or lively person society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [noun] > person 1597 W. Shakespeare v. v. 70 And how comest thou hither, Where no man neuer comes, but that sad dog, That brings me foode. View more context for this quotation a1618 Q. Anne Let. to Buckingham in H. Ellis (1824) 1st Ser. III. 101 My kind Dog..You doe verie well in lugging the Sowes eare [sc. James I], and I..would have yow doe so still upon condition that yow continue a watchfull dog to him. 1682 T. D'Urfey iv. i. 37 I would have him secur'd, that I might know where to find the young Dog. 1719 D. Defoe 104 I was an unfortunate Dog. 1843 C. Dickens (1844) xii. 147 He has come into his property... He's a lucky dog. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ (new ed.) 112/1 Bon vivant, a choice spirit, a jolly dog. 1847 C. Dickens (1848) xxvi. 266 Well! we are gay dogs, there's no denying. 1909 J. R. Ware 113/1 An Irishman has always been ‘a dog at a ballad’. 1952 M. Kennedy 16 George is an affectionate brother, but he was always a dull dog. 1994 L. Block (1995) xx. 210 His wife had been bothered by someone calling and hanging up... It was a girlfriend of his... ‘You dog, you,’ Gerry Billings said. society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > treacherous person 1846 21 Feb. 210/2 Dick White has been playing the ‘dog’, and he and the ‘coppers’ are now within ten minutes of the house. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ I. v. 69 Are you going to turn dog, now you know the way in? 1901 E. Dyson xix. 231 ‘Tell me how you come to be in the Stream drive that night.’ Dick..answered nothing. ‘Come on, old man, I won't turn dog.’ 1908 4 Apr. 5 It was a very contemptible thing..for Machray to ‘turn dog’ on his mates. 1969 11 Oct. 1/1 A ‘dog’ is the term applied by prisoners to fellow-prisoners who turn informer. 1992 26 Apr. 18/3 A yellow dog, in the latest gangland slang, is an informer or rat. society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > university policeman 1847 Ld. Tennyson Prol. 6 He had climb'd across the spikes,..he had breathed the Proctor's dogs. the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > watcher or look-out the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard 1870 Oct. 676/1 The boys withdrew..to read the forbidden prints, three taking their turn at a time, whilst three more ‘played dog’—that is, stood ready to bark a warning should a pion be seen approaching. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie xvii. 373 In Kirkcaldy watch-dog [i.e., a boy keeping lookout] becomes either ‘watchie’ or ‘dog’. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [noun] > stubborn or stupid 1893 in G. Ade (1941) 10 That settles it, Steve; it's the last time I'll ever play that dog. 1899 C. L. Cullen 82 ‘The dog ran a rank last the last time out!’ said the ticket-writer. 1945 S. J. Baker ix. 175 A dog is a horse difficult to handle. 1955 T. Rattigan iii Is it going to be dry at Newbury?.. Walled Garden's a dog on heavy going. 1958 J. Hislop xii. 132 A ‘dog’ means a horse who cannot be relied upon to do his best..a horse may be a ‘dog’ because there is something wrong with him. 2001 (Nexis) 22 Oct. 56 City Zip breezed an easy five furlongs..around the ‘dogs’ over the inner turf course. the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun] 1917 P. G. Wodehouse in July 37 There is no doubt about the spuriousness of ‘Old Friends’ [sc. a play]—it is a dog of the worst description. 1929 T. Gordon 170 He insisted upon me singing it... During rehearsal, we tried to show him it was a dog. 1952 10 Aug. 8/3 ‘[The book will have] a record-breaking sale.’ ‘Yes, unless of course the book turns out to be a dog.’ 1968 L. O'Donnell ix. 118 I'd be a fool not to take advantage. I had a real dog on my hands. 1970 15 Aug. 65/1 Audiences are in a mess... They don't know what they want... So many movies are dogs. 2001 T. Winton (2003) 17 Surfers, dopeheads, deviants, dreamers..sensed that the town was a dog but the landscape got its hooks in and people stayed. 1937 J. Weidman xxi. 203 I don't like to have a bunch of dogs floating around. While I'm at it, I might as well hire something with a well-turned ass and a decently uplifted tit. 1948 I. Shaw xix. 345 She had fat legs and the seams of her stockings were crooked, as always. Why is it, Lewis thought automatically, why is it the dogs are the ones that join up? 1968 C. F. Baker et al. (typescript, Brown Univ.) Dog, an ugly person, male. An ugly person, female. 1997 (U.K. ed.) Aug. 66/1 Pretty well anyone could have stood next to the guys in Take That and looked like a dog. They were great-looking guys. 2003 K. Corum 20 ‘If she's a dog, I am going to be so pissed off at you.’ ‘Arthur, this is not a date.’ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > other pieces of ordnance c1550 (1979) vi. 33 Mak reddy ȝour cannons,..bersis, doggis, doubil bersis, hagbutis of croche. 1560 in T. C. Wade (1937) 143 Sevin pecis of ordinance callit dowbill doggis with xiiij chalmeris pertenand thairto. 1650 28 short brasse munkeys alias dogs. the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Canis Major the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Canis Minor 1551 T. Wilson sig. Eij I would deuide this word, Canis, into a dog, a fish of the sea, and a starre in the Elemente, thus might I say, Canis is either a dog that liueth vpon the yearth, or els a starre in the elemente.] 1556 R. Record 268 Northe almost from this Dogge is ther a constellation of 2 only starres named Canicula, the lesser Dogge. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach iv. f. 180 The rysing of the starres, cheefely the Dogge shining out early in the morning. 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher iv. sig. G4 The burnt aire when the dog raines. 1675 E. Sherburne tr. M. Manilius 32 Next after whom with rapid Motion bent, (No Star than that 'gainst Earth more violent) The fierce Dog runs. 1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan 428 'Till the hot Dog inflames the Summer Skies. 1839 D. Olmsted iii. i. 245 The Whale, Orion, the Greater and Lesser Dog, Hydra, and the Crow. 1923 1 Nov. 20/3 Procyon, the lesser Dog, called so in distinction to Sirius, the greater Dog. the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > andiron or fire-dog 1587 in M. A. Havinden (1965) 245 An olde cast dogge to houlde upp the woode in the fire. 1596 in (1841) 5 One paire of dogges in the Chymly. a1661 T. Fuller (1662) i. 24 The Iron-Doggs bear the burthen of the fuel, while the Brasen-Andirons stand only for state. 1663 S. Pepys 7 Sept. (1971) IV. 301 Buying several things at the Ironmongers: dogs, tongs, and Shovells. 1760 W. Maine in B. Franklin (1769) 423 The iron dogs, loggerhead and iron pot were not hurt. 1826 W. Scott I. iii. 81 The andirons, or dogs..for retaining the blazing fire-wood on the hearth. 1862 H. Aïdé I. 140 The wood fire..burnt cheerfully on great brass dogs upon the hearthstone. 1875 8 Apr. 2/1 (advt.) Benham & Sons' Dog-Stoves and Dogs. 1890 A. C. Swinburne 221 The huge fireplace with its dragon-like dogs. 1897 (at cited word) Ironfounders' Catal., Dog stoves..fine polished brass dogs..fire basket sloping forward at the top. 1989 (Nexis) 11 Feb. Each dog had a tall upright..at the front, joined by a bar to a foot at the back. A grid of loose-fitting bars linked the dogs together. 2001 65 69 The hearth itself has an iron grate supported on iron dogs. 1635 L. Foxe sig. Y4 This evening Sun dog, I hope may bring some change to our good. 1698 S. Sewall 15 Feb. (1878) I. 471 Remarkable Sun-dogs and a Rainbow were seen. 1710 (ed. 3) 11 There appeared the lower-most end of a Rainbow, which the Mariners call a Sea-Dog, and look upon it as portentous. 1766 L. Carter 23 July (1965) I. 319 We had three distinct sun dogs which is the usual sign for great rain. 1780 W. Shaw I. at Fadadh-cruaidh Part of a rainbow in blustering weather, which sailors call a dog. 1825 J. Jamieson Suppl. (at cited word) The dog has no variety of colours, but is of a dusky white. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Stubb, or Dogg, the lower part of a rainbow visible towards the horizon, and betokening squally weather..On the banks of Newfoundland they are considered precursors of clearer weather, and termed fog-dogs. 1869 Dog, a partial rainbow. ‘A dog at night is the farmer's delight.’ 1892 W. Pike 97 Often a sun-dog is the first thing to appear, and more or less of these attendants accompany the sun during his short stay above the horizon. 1910 H. de V. Stacpoole III. xvi. 122 Torrential showers followed by bursts of sunshine, rainbows, and rain-dogs in the sky. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey 79/2 Dogs... Small, much darker clouds, chasing behind fluffy white ones, like Border Collies driving a flock of sheep. 2001 J. McGowan iv. 119 A ‘weather gall’ or ‘dog’ (short horizontal rainbow segment) to the left of the setting sun meant broken weather. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw > lowest or losing throw 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus 441 That the throw Cous was a lucky one, and the dog was unfortunate. 1911 VIII. 177/1 The emperor Augustus wrote..concerning a game that he had played with his friends: ‘Whoever threw a dog or a six paid a denarius to the bank for every die.’ 1929 P. Barry v. 146 Hey, gimme those dice! I seen that! You threw a dog. the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [noun] > Zodiac > sign of zodiac 1723 J. Darby tr. S. Ali I. ii. i. 131 This great action happening in the year of the Dog, one of the twelve years of the Mogul calendar. 1843 XXVII. 799/2 The rat, the bull,..the dragon,..the dog, and the hog are names supposed to be given, both in China and Japan, to the zodiacal signs; but it is more probable that they are applied to the twelve years of a cycle which is frequently used in the East. 1889 J. J. Rein ii. i. 323 The Chinese zodiac consists of the Rat, Bull, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Serpent, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Cock, Dog and Wild Boar. 1913 Oct. 20/2 A Chinaman will sometimes even yet tell he was born in the dragon year or in the dog year. 1988 S. White 68 Dogs are often found in jobs where helping others makes up a large part of their responsibility. 2002 E. Moran et al. (ed. 2) ii. vii. 278 Famous Dogs: Sir Winston Churchill, Harry Houdini, Elvis Presley... Of all the signs in the Chinese zodiac, the dog is the most likeable. 2006 26 Jan. 105/1 Celebrate the year of the dog..with the Asian Pacific Alliance of New York. society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > a coin ?1790 J. M. Adair ii. 95 It is not worth a black dog (the lowest coin) because it is not sterling.] 1811 P. Kelly I. 435 There are here [i.e. on the English Leeward Islands] small copper coins, called Stampes, Dogs, and Half Dogs. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher 255 Dogg. A small silver coin of the West Indies, six of which make a bitt. 1888 18 Feb. 1/4 Fees..are paid in old Spanish dollars..and in ‘dogs’ or French coppers struck in the reign of Louis XVI. for Cayenne. 1970 B. Hobson & R. Obojski (1971) 434 Before New Netherlands was lost to the English in 1664, one type of coin which came over in fair quantity was the ‘dog’, actually a lion dollar. the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] 1871 L. H. Bagg 44 Dog, style, splurge. 1889 W. D. Howells I. 267 He's made the thing awfully chic; it's jimminy; there's lots of dog about it. 1915 R. Kipling 36 Ah! That's the King of the Trawlers. Isn't he carrying dog, too! Give him room! 1950 W. Stevens 20 Feb. (1967) 670 Sweeney is completely without side or dog. 1975 D. J. Murphy 428 Billy Demaine, President of the QCE, spoke of Ryan personally... ‘There was “no dog” about Tom Ryan.’ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > sausage > [noun] 1891 J. S. Farmer II. 303 Dogs... (university) sausages. 1892 31 Dec. 5/2 The ‘hot dog’ was quickly inserted in a gash in a roll, a dash of mustard also splashed on to the ‘dog’ with a piece of flat whittled stick, and the order was fulfilled. 1906 T. Beyer 199 We often have dorgs..for breakfast. 1948 E. Partridge et al. 59 Dog, a sausage, from its alleged contents. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie ix. 163 Sausages are ‘bangers’..or ‘dogs’. 1962 R. Houk & C. Dexter 104 I'd gobble the dogs, gulp the Coke. 2004 C. Lee iii. 70 A cookout of burgers and dogs. society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [noun] > crew > watch > period of a watch > specific 1893 M. Pemberton 151 Towards the second bell in the second ‘dog’ there was a change. 1952 38 152 The 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. watch, now called the ‘Last Dog’ in the Royal Navy and ‘Second Dog’ in the Merchant Navy. 2000 R. Mayne 92 The dog watches are the two half watches of two hours each..: known as ‘first dog’ and ‘second dog’ they were in use by the seventeenth century. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] 1913 7 July 13 Waitin for my sore dog to heal up. 1916 J. Lait 118 Keepin' on my dogs so I won' freeze to death. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse x. 211 You'll pick up your dogs and run round as quick as you can make it. 1939 M. Dickens x. 169 I feel more like goin' to bed and sleeping for a week than prancing round the ballroom on me poor dogs. 1939 J. Steinbeck vi. 56 We ain't gonna walk no eight miles..to-night. My dogs is burned up. 1998 17 July 30 I'm still having trouble with the false eyelashes. And my dogs are hurting from the high heels. society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone 1979 R. Barker 21 I'd just come out the battle And was looking for a dog. 1990 J. Haselden ix. 151 Rodney was unwrapping a take-away cheeseburger and I was on the dog to Spiros down the Lord Byron Doner Inn. 1997 G. Williams viii. 61 ‘We can't decide whether to have Johnny Walker Black Label or Glenfiddich in the bar,’ shouted Ron. ‘What do you fucking think? Now get on the fucking dog.’ 2001 G. Bushell i. 16 And the bollocks you'd 'ear people saying on the dog, y'know. III. Specialized uses, denoting various mechanical devices for gripping or holding, typically having or consisting of a tooth or claw. society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > clamp > other clamps 1373 in J. Raine (1854) 63 (MED) j hak, j mattok, j dog. 1382 in J. Raine (1854) 70 (MED) iij stanaxis, ij torthys, ij doggys. 1458–60 Anc. Churchwardens' Accts. in (1847) 31 249 To Barnard the Smyth for x doggs of Iryn for the Steple weying lxx lb. 1470 in C. L. Kingsford (1919) I. 106 (MED) ij dogges of Iren for the corne mylle. 1552 R. Huloet Dogge of yron to claspe a house from fletyng. 1652 W. Blith xxxi. 210 As a Buttress to support it, and may be as serviceable as an Iron dog as many use. 1892 65 582/1 The posts of the gantry stand on planks, and are fixed thereto by iron dogs and dowels. 1912 F. A. Talbot 139 Large gangs of men were fashioning the ‘bents’, as the sections are called, securing the members firmly together by heavy iron dogs. 1975 7 49 (heading) Shutter holdbacks (shutter dogs). 1995 S. Allen v. 67/1 You can use these dogs..to clamp items with curves and odd shapes. 19. society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > grappling-iron 1538 Bk. Court Counsale 20 May in (1856) 2 403 Mr Dawe Borthwick, captaine of Tantallan, borrowit fra the towne of Hadingtoune..ane dog, a pair of clipis [etc.]. 1591 Edinb. Dean of Guild Accts. 459 in (at cited word) For ane dog off irne to heis vp the grit stanes with. 1661 in D. Yaxley (2003) 66 Groundseele & stoods & boockes & sparres & dogs. 1735 W. Pardon Dog,..also an Utensil for Coopers to carry large Casks between two Persons. 1825 J. Jamieson Suppl. Dogs, pieces of iron, having a zigzag form, for fixing a tree in the saw-pit. 1879 15 Oct. If, in sawing a butt log, one end of the stick is set out from the standard, our Dog will reach it and hold it firmly in its place. 1922 R. C. Bryant iii. 33 A dog on one end of a short chain is driven into the log. 2004 (Nexis) 9 Feb. a1 The railway lanterns and rafting dogs—pointed eyelets hammered into logs so they could be lashed into rafts—that Mac used to sell on the road. 1747 W. Hooson sig. D For drawing up the Rods, we have..an Iron Instrument called a Bitch, and for unscrewing them, two more we call Dogs. 1881 9 152 Lifting-dog, a claw-hook for grasping a column of bore-rods while raising or lowering them. 1899 12 Aug. 12/1 Many accidents which now occur from the drawing of timber [from mines] would be obviated if the use of the..‘dog and chain’..were made compulsory. the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > instruments for extracting teeth 1611 R. Cotgrave Pelican,..a Snap, or Dog, the toole wherewith Barbers pull out teeth. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > lock > hammer a1679 P. Monckton in (1884) 36 I immediately..clapt hold of the dog of the blunderbus. c1686 R. Law (1818) 225 He lets fall the dog, the pistoll goes off. 1829 2 221 Very many of the dangers to which we are exposed from the accidental discharge of fire-arms, arises from the..construction of the lock, the trigger of which is at all times immediately connected to the dog. 1866 2 June 385/3 I claim..the combination of the trigger with the dog and sliding guard to fire the gun. 1961 36 8 The term dog was given to the cocking device of a flintlock pistol or rifle, specifically to the jaws of the hammer that held the flint. the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > uprooting tool 1727 R. Bradley (Dublin ed.) (at cited word) An instrument called a Dog for the more easy drawing the Poles out of the ground. 1750 W. Ellis V. 128 With a wooden and iron Dog (if Hands will not do alone) they raise the Poles out of the Ground. 1805 R. W. Dickson II. 752 The poles [are] drawn up by a tool for the purpose, which is termed a dog or pulling-hook. 1893 C. A. Mollyson xxv. 290 The dog, we presume, is still extant..We will quote..a description of the broom-dog... ‘It operates somewhat like a toothdrawer and eradicates the broom in an instant.’ 1969 J. Henderson 186 At picking time the pole was loosened by a gadget called a dog—so there was a dog for loosening poles. 1795 13 255 This simple and useful contrivance, called here a Dog, or Wheel-Drag. 1825 J. T. Brockett 58 Dog..a wooden utensil in form of a dog, with iron teeth, for toasting bread. 1900 II. 110/2 Dog... An instrument made either of wood or iron, used for toasting bread. society > occupation and work > equipment > lever or crowbar > [noun] 1735 in (1892) 156 He saw the defenders throw a dogg at each other, and then grapple with one another.] 1825 J. Jamieson Suppl. Dog, a lever used by blacksmiths in shoeing, i.e. hooping cart-wheels. 26. Mechanics. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > part of > projecting part or catch 1825 15 Oct. 437/1 There is a ratchet-wheel formed upon the back part of the nave, with a box..containing a dog, or pall, with a spring on the back of it. 1853 C. Tomlinson in III. 142 There is a dog or lever..which catches into the top of the bolt, and thereby serves as an additional security against its being forced back. 1857 P. M. Colquhoun 32 The dog, or catch, prevents its running down. 1921 9 Sept. 6/4 I found a little difficulty at first in changing up on the indirect gears..and a little clicking of the dogs when going into top. 1948 A. W. Turner & E. J. Johnson 20 These [sc. ratchet clutches] are composed of a set of teeth or gears engaged by tapered spring teeth in ‘dogs’. 1971 (U.S. Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel) (1973) i. 9 A ratchet handle has a reversing lever which operates a pawl (or dog) inside the head of the tool. 1992 Feb. 43/1 (advt.) Heavy duty ratchet and dog assemblies—no flimsy anti-reverse lever. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > mechanism > [noun] > other specific mechanisms 1840 June 387 What I claim as my invention..is the combination of the bearer and rack-wheel,..worked by the dogs in such a manner as to change the pressure alternately from the bearer to the feeder. 1867 1 This wheel is constructed in the usual manner, with this exception, that the hub is fitted with a dog or adjustable cam... The dog z, in coming in contact with the catch v, will raise and unhook it. 1886 2/1 To stop the pawl at one-half, one-third, or two-thirds of such stroke, I employ a movable dog or slide. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > slip on which ships built or repaired > framework on which vessel rests > timbers supporting ship when launching 1831 23 Sept. 2/6 The dogs (as they are termed) which held the launch were struck off, and the Thunderer moved majestically into her proper element. 1884 W. F. Shaw 65 The ‘dogs’ are knocked away, and the vessel is expected to be seen sliding gracefully down the ‘slip’ into the water. 1918 26 Aug. 2/4 Shortly before 11 o'clock the dogs holding the cradles and timbers beneath the vessel to the slipway were removed. 1978 J. Adkins 37 The ways (slides) are greased and as soon as the dogs (wooden braces) are knocked away she will slide back into the river. society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > clamp 1833 J. Holland II. 134 A contrivance called the dog and driver, the former being a sort of clutch screwed upon the end of the work. 1853 17 Dec. 108/1 J. Zook..has invented a self-acting carrier or dog for lathes. 1881 J. Tripplin & E. Rigg iv. 202 The American ‘scroll’ chucks... In them the trouble of adjusting the screws is avoided as the three ‘dogs’ are advanced together by means of a key. 1988 D. Rees xvi. 146 (in figure) Headstock. Live centre. Carrier or dog. Catch plate. Driving pin. 2004 M. R. Miller & R. Miller vii. 151 There are several forms [of lathe driver] available, with some made for use with a small slotted faceplate and dog (as in machine-shop turning). †29. society > occupation and work > equipment > pliers and nippers > [noun] 1843 C. Holtzapffel I. xx. 424 The nippers or dogs resemble very strong carpenters' pincers or pliers, the handles of which diverge at an angle. society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > [noun] 1859 2 July 239 This dog is a small thin carriage, travelling upon wheels over a bench, under which revolves an endless chain. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler (ed. 7) III. 342 The chain..in its onward motion drags the dog, and causes it to bite the fillet and draw it through the opening. 1920 A. W. Judge I. vii. 412 The dog is moved along the draw-bench by means of hooks which are dropped into the links of an endless chain. society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > large or strong 1857 16 383 The rail was..laid on transverse sleepers, and fastened with ‘dogs’. 1869 1/2 It is proposed to..secure the rail with wood keys in the usual way, instead of using dogs. 1892 Dogs, a class of nails used for fastening down rails on sleepers. Each nail consists of a long spike, with ears on the side of the head, by means of which the nail may be wrenched up and re-used. 1985 K. Howarth Dogs, nails with a bent or flanged head used to hold down the rails in a coalmine. society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > stamping machine or press > parts of 1874 E. H. Knight I. 716/2 Dog,..5. (Machinery) a. The converging set screws which establish the bed-tool of a punching-press in direct coincidence with the punch. Phrases P1. Proverbs and proverbial sayings. ?c1325 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell (1845) II. 19 (MED) The bole bigan to belle..the doge is in the welle. (Titus) (1851) 119 (MED) Nile ye geue holi thing to doggis, neithir sende youre perlis bifore hoggis. a1400 (Laud) (1932) l. 782 Ȝif ȝe as dogges wol dey, þe deuel haue þat recche! a1425 (c1395) (Royal) (1850) Prov. xxvi. 11 As a dogge that turneth aȝen to his spuyng, so is an vnprudent man that rehersith his fooli [L. sicut canis, qui revertitur ad vomitum suum, sic imprudens, qui iterat stultitiam suam]. c1500 in H. A. Person (1953) 16 As for your euyll wyll, þerof woll I non; ffor hit were ouermoche ij dogges ouer o boon. 1526 W. Bonde iii. sig. NNii Whan we..retourne to our pride and condicions..as the dogge to his vomytte. 1546 J. Heywood ii. vii. sig. Iiiv She will lye as fast as a dogge will lycke a dishe. 1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo (rev. ed.) iv. f. 178v It is an olde proverbe. A staffe is sone found to beate a Dogge. 1611 R. Cotgrave at Chien The scaulded dog feares euen colde water. 1639 J. Clarke 259 He loundge's as a dog that had lost his tayle. 1650 T. Fuller iii. iv. i. 409 Solomon was an absolute Prince..in his peaceable Countrey, where no dog durst bark against him. 1719 D. Defoe 40 It would ha' made a Dog laugh. 1796 (ed. 3) (at cited word) He has as much need of a wife as a dog of a side pocket; said of a weak old debilitated man. 1841 P. Hawker (1893) II. 210 We went to bed as tired as dogs. 1843 P. Hawker (1893) II. 236 Old C—held forth with a long speech, lying as fast as a dog would trot. 1881 7 Apr. When they have nothing the Flemish will tell you that you will find the dog in the pot. 1956 M. Dickens x. 182 I haven't done a thing all day, and I'm as tired as a dog. 1997 Dec. 172/3 Kinsley falls back on the adage that every dog gets one bite. a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Eccles. ix. 4 Betere is a quyc dogge thanne a leoun dead[L. melior est canis vivus leone mortuo]. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin iii. xxv. f. 264v Salomon speaketh of the common and receiued opinion, when hee saithe that a liuing dogge is better then a deade Lion. 1611 Eccles. ix. 4 For to him that is ioyned to all the liuing, there is hope: for a liuing dogge is better then a dead Lion . View more context for this quotation 1679 J. Humfrey 65 Those of this Errour do make the Souls of Men, before Christ's coming, mortal, and to dye with the Body; which is..worse than the Papists, their Purgatory, For a live Dog is better than a dead Lyon. 1752 L. Chappelow I. 295 A living dog is better than a dead lion: is the third among the Arabic Adagies. 1873 6 Dec. 455/1 On the principle that a live dog is better than a dead lion, a farce well played is preferable to an old-fashioned comedy mangled. 1910 24 Jan. 5/2 He declared that the sentiment, ‘Freedom I love thee, though thou slay me’, was foolish, and that one of the wisest statements ever made was this: ‘A live dog is better than a dead lion.’ 1994 25 Mar. 6 Great heroes like Achilles..knew that it is better to be here in this life than free among the dead, just as a living dog is better than a dead lion. 2014 L. Lalami i. 11 This made no sense to me, yet I remained silent... The elders teach us: a living dog is better than a dead lion. 1543 W. Turner sig. Aiiv That the prouerb may haue a place on dog will not eat of an other dogges fleshe nether will on wolf eat of an other. 1739 10/2 Turpin swore, if he did not deliver immediately he would shoot him through the Head, upon which King fell a Laughing, and said, What! Dog eat Dog? 1789 19 June 3/1 As it is an established fact, that sharper will not rob sharper, nor dog eat dog. 1790 ‘P. Pindar’ 34 Dog should not prey on dog, the proverb says. 1835 W. G. Simms I. v. 59 He cannot escape Travis..who knows the swamp as well as himself. They're both from Goose Creek, and so let dog eat dog. 1858 A. Gray 23 Feb. (1973) II. 439 I cannot promise any special instruction, and shall take no fee. ‘Dog does not eat dog’ is the saying, you know. 1900 20 Apr. 170/2 It is an old saying that ‘dog will not eat dog’. But alas! for the time-honoured saw, in the light of these facts. 1917 G. L. Morrill 328 Do nothing, let dog eat dog—this is the policy of non-interference. 1962 C. R. Boxer viii. 221 Felisberto..acting on the principle that ‘dog does not eat dog’, turned a blind eye to the activities of the smugglers. 2008 F. Noronha 5 In Goa, the media seldom writes critically about themselves [sic]. Dog doesn't eat dog, as one journalist would argue. ?1530 J. Fitzherbert (rev. ed.) f. xxiv The dogge must lerne it whan he is a whelpe or els it wyll not be, for it is harde to make an olde dogge to stoupe.] 1636 J. Philipot (new ed.) Prov. 300 It is hard to teach an old dog trickes. 1775 C. Telfair i. 16 It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks. 1835 7 Feb. 9/2 The absolute difficulty which an old dog experiences in learning new tricks. 1872 11 16 I'll take a cigar to keep my nose warm. It is a bad habit, I know; but you can't teach an old dog new tricks. 1912 July 591/2 In many cases such efforts at decentralization are still very crude. It is hard to teach old dogs new tricks. 1985 (Nexis) 21 Jan. 48 The modern executive has to be a learner, sometimes willing to change—the exception to the rule that you can't teach an old dog new tricks. 2004 N. Foxx 135 She certainly wasn't going to start doing that now. You can't teach an old dog new tricks. 1830 R. Forby & G. Turner in R. Forby II. App. 429 ‘The dog that fetches will carry.’—i. e. A talebearer will tell tales of you, as well as to you. 1850 R. B. Thomas 3 It is not well to confide much in a tale-bearer, for a dog that will bring a bone will carry one. 1865 Dec. 58/2 I told 'em that I didn't want to hear no more of their scandal, for a dog that will fetch a bone will carry one. 1888 Sept. 10/2 Don't trust her. You may be sure a ‘dog that will bring a bone will take a bone’. 1934 M. B. Wilson i. i. 13 I always say that a dog that will fetch a bone will carry one, and heaven knows what the creature is telling her other clients about me. 1959 E. Schiddel ii. iii. 147 All this gossip reminded Shirley..of the saw The dog who brings a bone also will carry one away. 2011 J. Brothers 133 You is got to be careful who you is talking to. If a dog will bring a bone, he'll carry a bone. 1860 I. Dass xvi. 219 Dogs bark but the traveller quietly goes on his way, without minding them. They say so, when a person seeks occasion to quarrel with some one, but does not succeed. 1891 J. L. Kipling ix. 252 Though the dog may bark the caravan..moves on. 1936 M. Mitchell xxxviii. 679 Did you ever hear the Oriental proverb: ‘The dogs bark but the caravan passes on’? Let them bark, Scarlett. I fear nothing will stop your caravan. 1975 26 Oct. h21/3 Most of it comes from people who don't know me. They hear things, they spread them. You know how I look at it? ‘The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.’ 2005 (Nexis) 18 June (Features section) 72 I should not get into an argument with them about their perceived disapproval of your living arrangements... The dogs bark but the caravan moves on. the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 69 In this world nys dogge for the bowe That kan an hurt deer from an hool knowe Bet than this Somnor. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 770 To Ianuarie he [sc. Damyan] goth as lowe As euere dide a dogge for the bowe. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 2802 Sche was made as dogge for þe bowe. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus iii. iii. sig. J iv Be not to other men lyke a dogge to the bow. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus f. 223 He..with lacke of vitailles brought those chop-logues or greate pratlers as lowe as dogge to the bow. 1568 v. iii. sig. F.iii I shall make the slaues couche as lowe as dog to bow. P3. With reference to the quality of a dog's existence. ?a1425 Chron. Papacy l. 216 in (1942) 41 182 (MED) Þu schalt regne as a lion, butte þu schalt die as a dogge. ?1530 J. Rastell sig. *Ciiv He..lyued lyke a lyon and dyed lyke a dogge [printed dodge]. 1602 T. Dekker f. 3v I shall be mowz'd by pusse-cattes: but I had rather dye a dogs death. 1795 E. Fenwick I. xiv. 224 Let me die like a dog, and have no better burial. 1855 C. Kingsley xxvi. 477 No absolution, no viaticum, nor anything! I die like a dog! 1894 G. M. Fenn I. 22 To die this dog's death, out here under these mountains. 1990 B. Gill xxix. 233 Simenon would rather die like a dog than let slip a superfluous adjective. the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] a1528 Fox MSS in J. Strype (1721) III. xxi. 174 Mr. Ford afterwards had a dogs life among them. 1597 G. Fletcher xv. 45 Hee did there leade a Dogges life. 1683 R. Dixon viii. 37 An ill beginner, That knows not where to get his Dinner, And will not rise to earn't: for these Leads he a Dogs life. 1764 S. Foote i. 23 She..domineers like the devil: O Lord, I lead the life of a dog. 1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in i. 69 ‘Poor Wolf,’ he would say, ‘thy mistress leads thee a dogs' life of it.’ 1851 G. Borrow II. xi. 101 What a life! what a dog's life! 1861 T. Hughes I. x. 183 They've been leading him a dog's life this year and more. 1980 25 Apr. 12/1 (heading) Temporarily speaking, it's a dog's life... The temp's sanity depends upon iron control. 1991 M. Curtin xii. 96 He must have had a dog's life... The only work he did..was to hold a mirror behind the victim's heads and inquire: Is Sir pleased? 1997 P. Kim i. 17 If I hadn't married the likes of you, I wouldn't be washing someone else's dishes,..looking after someone else's children. What kind of living is this? This is a dog's life. 2003 (Nexis) 29 Apr. 34 He'd led her a dog's life, she couldn't bear to talk about it. a1625 J. Fletcher Wife for Moneth v. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) 66 The broth may be good, but the flesh is not fit for doggs sure.] 1769 J. Potter I. 121 It is a dismal night abroad, not fit for a dog to be out in. 1818 H. B. Fearon 210 His friend..said that there was ‘nothing in America but d——d Yankies and rogues, and that it was not fit for a dog to live in’. 1887 H. Baumann 43/1 It isn't fit to turn a dog out. 1898 29 Mar. 6 The punishment diet was such as no humane man would give to a dog. 1943 18 46 Other examples of translated Yiddish being adopted by non-Yiddish-speaking people are, ‘It should(n't) happen to a dog!’ [etc.]. 1964 J. Porter i. 12 The Assistant Commissioner shuddered gently as he thought of all the messes you could get into in a kidnapping case. It wasn't the sort of job you'd wish on a dog. 2006 (Nexis) 10 June (Sports section) 127 I've heard the way some people talk to sports stars and you wouldn't talk like that to a dog. P4. With reference to the watchfulness of a dog. ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 488 (MED) Men of Fraunce hadde experience that hit was perellous to wake an olde dogge from slepe. 1546 J. Heywood i. x. sig. Div It is euill wakyng of the slepyng dog. 1608 E. Topsell 93 It is good therefore if you haue a Wife, that is..vnquiet and contentious, to let her alone, not to wake an angry Dogge. 1655 S. Rutherford ii. iv. 259 Some raise the devill and a storm in the soul and cannot calm it again: It is not good to provoke, irritate, and waken a sleeping dogge. 1737 A. Ramsay xx. 40 It is kittle [sc. risky] to waken sleeping Dogs. 1862 T. Carlyle III. xi. ii. 41 Friedrich is not the man to awaken Parliamentary sleeping-dogs. 1996 (Nexis) 23 Nov. 1 I'm a little worried that we may have awakened a sleeping dog. It's obvious the Packers will be looking for revenge. 1822 Dec. 541/2 Let sleeping dogs lie, said the daft man, when he saw the dead hound before him. 1823 W. Scott (1824) I. viii. 187 But Mr Micklewham..replied with..a private admonition to his patron's own ear, ‘to let sleeping dogs lie’. 1886 ‘H. Conway’ xiii Better let sleeping dogs lie. 1903 10 Aug. 3 Neither the Imperial nor the Prussian Government is at the moment in fighting trim, and they have every reason to welcome a Pope who will let sleeping dogs lie. 2002 (Nexis) 26 Jan. 15 He went on: ‘I want to let sleeping dogs lie now and move on. I don't want to see or hear from her again.’ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] 1546 J. Heywood i. xi. sig. E As good a dede, As it is to helpe a dogge ouer a style. 1638 W. Chillingworth i. iii. §33 I once knew a man out of curtesie, help a lame dog over a stile, and he for requitall bit him by the fingers. 1705 J. Browne 49 He may live to help a lame Dog over a Stile yet. 1857 C. Kingsley III. vii. 197 ‘I can..help a lame dog over a stile’—(which was Mark's phrase for doing a generous thing). 1910 W. J. Locke xviii Now and again one does help a lame dog over a stile which bucks one up, you know. 2006 (Nexis) 15 Dec. 15 A boy said to me: ‘Lend me 20p, I want to phone my mum.’ I am always willing to help a lame dog over a stile, and so I got my mobile phone out. the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [noun] > fortifying or reviving 1546 J. Heywood i. xi. sig. Eiv I praie the leat me and my felowe haue A heare of the dog that bote vs last nyght. 1611 R. Cotgrave at Beste Our Ale-knights often vse this phrase, and say, Giue vs a haire of the dog that last bit vs. 1706 E. Ward 4 We leap'd out of Bed with a strong Appetitus, To swallow a Hair of the Dog that had bit us. 1834 W. A. Caruthers I. iv He presently proposed that we should go..and see some fine fellers..who were going to have a night of it. Well, said I, ‘a little hair of the dog is good for the bite.’ 1841 C. Dickens lii. 239 Drink again. Another hair of the dog that bit you, captain! 1935 5 Jan. 80/2 (caption) Your hair of the dog, sir. 1996 S. King ii. v. 349 I was..thinking about getting something for my hangover. An aspirin, and a little hair of the dog that bit me. 2001 Apr. 47/2 Mike and I were both a little hungover, and Mike suggested blackberry brandy, a hair of the dog that would also settle the stomach. P7. 1556 J. Ponet sig. A viii How muche more sharpely ought he to be punished, and of all men to be abhorred (yea cast to the dogges) that deceaueth a hole Realme? a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. iii. 49 Throw Physicke to the Dogs, Ile none of it. View more context for this quotation 1733 A. Pope 4 Had H—wl—y's fortune layn in Hops and Hogs, scarce H—wl—y's self had sent it to the dogs? 1848 W. Irving (rev. ed.) vii. iv. 396 He..threw diplomacy to the dogs. 1983 J. Singer tr. I. B. Singer ii. xii. 118 In America, young people look upon the older person as someone to be thrown to the dogs. 1619 R. Harris Ep. Ded. sig. A2v One is coloured, another is foxt, a third is gone to the dogs. 1660 (single sheet) Old Oliver's gon to the dogs, Oh! No I do mistake, He's gone in a Wherry Over the Ferry, Is cal'd the Stygian Lake. 1749 I. G. 20 Zounds he overcomes us by fair Argument, we are a going to the Dogs in a Whiff! 1790 M. Wollstonecraft tr. C. G. Salzmann I. xvi. 115 He sees all his property going to the dogs, which always puts him out of humour. 1857 T. Hughes i. vi. 137 Rugby, and the School-house especially, are going to the dogs. 1910 F. L. Chance i. 10 ‘That's all the college feeling these faculty guys have,’ reiterated Bentley, nodding assent. ‘The U. is going to the dogs!’ 2002 N. Lebrecht xi. 299 Country's going to the dogs. Used to be the finest railway in the world, now look at it. 1583 B. Melbancke sig. Qii v It is smal reason you should kepe a dog, and barke your selfe. 1738 J. Swift 17 I won't keep a Dog, and bark myself. 1852 W. Mountford ii. 19 What, keep a dog and bark myself! 1897 Aug. 247 Another speaker put the case tersely by saying that to engraft the referendum on the parliamentary system was like buying a dog and barking yourself. 1965 J. Porter xi. 147 ‘What time is it?’ There was a clock right opposite him on the dining-room wall but Dover didn't believe in keeping a dog and barking himself. ‘Just gone nine, sir.’ 2001 (Nexis) 15 Aug. Investors can monitor their portfolios..but mainly let the chosen professionals do their job. After all, why keep a dog and bark yourself? the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > be skilled or versed in [verb (transitive)] > be experienced in ?1589 T. Nashe sig. 5v Oh he is olde dogge at expounding, and deade sure at a Catechisme. 1596 T. Lodge 33 He is dog at recognisances and statutes. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iv. 12 To be, as it were, a dog at all things. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iii. 59 I am dogge at a Catch. View more context for this quotation 1715 J. Gay Prelim. Scene 5 Ah, Sir Roger, you are old Dog at these things. ?1800 108 I could as soon leap over a church steeple as pray extempore;..[but] I am an old dog at the common prayer. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster v. i. sig. G3 To see what wine and women can do, the one makes a man not to haue a word to throw at a Dogge, the other makes a man to eat his owne words. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. iii. 3 Cel. Why Cosen, why Rosaline: Cupid haue mercie, Not a word? Ros. Not one to throw at a dog. View more context for this quotation 1770 S. Foote ii. 47 I should not have thought he had a word to throw to a dog. 1822 W. Scott I. i. 17 The poor youth had not a word to throw at a dog. 1995 (Nexis) 23 Oct. t12 Darcy hasn't a word to throw at a dog. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 274 Caesars Spirit ranging for Reuenge, With Ate by his side..Shall in these Confines..Cry hauocke, and let slip the Dogges of Warre . View more context for this quotation 1799 W. Sotheby 13 Thy rage let slip th' exterminating brood, The dogs of War, that lap the stream of blood. 1861 A. Trollope III. xii. 214 The dogs of war would be unloosed. 1917 E. Goldman in Mar. 8 The same is bound to take place in America should the dogs of war be let loose here. 2008 (Nexis) 7 Mar. 4 The dogs of war were let loose and 40 pre-teenage girls..armed with cardboard weapons ran riot on the hockey pitch. 1629 H. Burton 78 I am neither of the hound nor Spaniel kinde, dogges of game. 1688 P. Rycaut tr. G. de la Vega i. ix. xxi. 383 The Dogs of game, or of good race,..were not in Peru, untill the Spaniards brought them thither. a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. ii. 39 in P. Massinger (1655) Whose Dog's dead now, That you observe these Vigils? a1663 Little John a Begging viii, in F. J. Child (1888) III. v. 189/1 ‘Why rings all these bells? What dog is a hanging?’ 1790 3 333/1 Quidnuncs, gaping for the news; Some of them cannot read! but yet they hear..Then fly to tell thro' all the listening land Whose Dog is dead! 1841 Aug. 146 ‘A very grave man indeed, sir.’... ‘Grave?—grievous—a face as much as to say, “Whose dog's dead, that I may come and howl over it?”.’ 1984 P. Beale (ed. 8) 1336/2 Whose dog is dead?; whose dog's a-hanging?.. What is the matter?; what's all the fuss about? a1642 W. Monson (1704) iii. 350/2 You must fight according to the old Saying, Fight Dog, fight Bear; that is, till one be overcome. 1717 E. Ward II. 21 True Protestants..should for neither pray nor care, But cry Halloo, fight Dog, fight Bear. 1831 W. Scott 5 Mar. (1946) 148 A resolution to keep Myself clear of politics, & let them fight dog, fight bear. 1911 J. A. L. Riley et al. 272 Since God has permitted the unity of religious belief in England to be shattered..there are three policies open:..(a) Live and let live. (b) Fight dog, fight bear. (c) Return to religious unity. 1665 J. Davies tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano 136 The poor Merchant must be fool'd some way or other, till he..take a Dog's leave of Corduba. 1879 G. F. Jackson 288 We'n tak' dog's leave and goo through the coppy this mornin' to 'unt mops to clane our slates. 1924 M. Webb (2004) 26 You've not only taken dog's leave and lied, you've made a game of me! 1931 M. Diver ii. 229 ‘Who's pinched your topi?’... ‘Oh, me topi took dog's leave... The bally thing decamped.’ 1666 J. Davies tr. E. d'Aranda 132 To what end should a man have mony? to work like a dog, or to procure his liberty? 1841 July 13/2 My father's son has been obliged to work like a dog all his life. 1886 Jan. 51/2 We folks that has to work like dogs had ought to go to bed betimes. 1926 W. S. Maugham iii. 150 I've worked like a dog..and last night..I downed tools. 1976 Dec. 95/2 These lads have worked like dogs all winter. 2012 (Nexis) 18 Mar. We had to roll up our sleeves and work like dogs to improve operations. 1693 103 The man, who chose rather to give his Dog a living ill name, than immediately to commit him to a Halter.] 1751 L. Chambaud 184 Les Anglois disent encore: Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 1766 W. Kenrick (new ed.) v. v. 69 It is but the church's calling him a tyrant, and absolving his subjects of their allegiance, and all will go well. Give a dog an ill name, and hang him. 1869 A. Trollope II. lii. 117 ‘Your brother, Laura, is dangerous.’.. ‘Yes—give a dog a bad name and hang him.’ 1886 ‘S. Tytler’ xxxix It is a case of give a dog an ill name and hang him. 1909 20 Jan. 19 In football, as in other things, ‘give a dog a bad name’ applies very forcibly, and we are inclined to think that many people were a little too anxious to find fault with the Australians. 1991 B. Anderson (1992) xv. 177 Mrs Stillburn said that if you gave a dog a bad name you might as well hang it. the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective] 1829 J. MacTaggart II. 122 Off went the Laird, as proud as a dog with two tails. 1953 J. Trench v. 65 She's like a dog with two tails. 1996 G. Linscott (1997) vi. 61 ‘Was Davie pleased?’ ‘Of course he was, and our dad was as proud as a dog with two tails.’ 2006 (Nexis) 18 June 42 He's sleeping with two women under the same roof. He's like a dog with two tails. the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > sweet or fruit puddings 1842 C. Sinclair xi. 88 A dog in a blanket!—a toad in a hole! I'd rather eat frogs! 1867 C. M. Yonge ix. 72 The dog-in-a-blanket making its appearance, Clara cut three beauteous slices, with spiral rings of black currant alternating with suet. 1919 23 Jan. 3/2 Not the judicious mixture of flour and currants, but the skilful alternation of hasty pudding, dog in the blanket, or gooseberry fool. 1925 L. W. Moffit (1963) ii. v. 122 Seasonal dishes based on fruit were also common, such as berry tarts; and roly-poly, or dog-in-a-blanket, as it was called in Derbyshire. the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > pretend to superiority [verb (intransitive)] 1865 in J. S. McKee (1973) 216 We..go out on grand reviews..and put on a D—D sight of Dog generally. 1924 W. J. Locke xii. 171 I don't want to put on dog, but the Lord didn't give me physical strength for nothing. 1926 W. J. Locke ii. v. 74 Young Blake puts on dog and condescends to take the order. 1940 P. G. Wodehouse 48 An editor's unexampled opportunities for putting on dog and throwing his weight about. 1962 ‘A. Gilbert’ xiv. 190 Matron put on a lot of dog about the hospital's responsibility. 2003 (National ed.) 2 Feb. ix. 8/5 I abhor the social stuff... I'm not good at putting on the dog. It's so tiring. 1887 ‘E. Lyall’ II. iv. 104 But Merlino with a grievance was like a dog with a bone; he would gnaw it, and worry it..and when at last you thought it was safely buried he would exhume it and begin his operations all over again. 1896 E. F. Brooke xii. 159 There was Tom Ramsbottom..once he got hold of his cotton his was like a dog with a bone. Could n't let it go. 1914 P. G. Wodehouse White Hope vii, in May 836/1 When a lazy man does make up his mind to assail a piece of work, he is like a dog with a bone. 1950 4 Mar. 6/4 (heading) Joyce is like a dog with a bone when she gets on a certain subject. 2013 A. M. Walters (2014) 279 Maggie was like a dog with a bone, though, and she wasn't going to give up that easily. the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [phrase] the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inexpediency > be inexpedient [phrase] 1912 20 Sept. No, no, Maxwell, you can't be for Roosevelt and carry Mr. Taft at the head of your paper and make the people believe it. The dog won't hunt. The people are not fools. 1933 T. Williamson xi. 148 That feller is jest naturally a fool for the lack of sense, a-tryin' to mix whiskey an' lyin'. He ort t' of knowed that dog won't hunt. 1978 (Nexis) 24 Apr. 30 When he hears what he considers to be a bad idea, he is apt to snap, ‘that dog won't hunt.’ 2019 @ZZinTX 16 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) We're damned sick and tired of you people pissing on our leg and trying to tell us it's raining! That dog don't hunt anymore! the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective] 1927 38 37 In short, to misapply a folk saying about a woman dressed in a certain way, it is ‘like a dog's dinner,—a little bit of all sorts.’ 1934 ‘C. L. Anthony’ ii. ii. 66 Why have you got those roses in your hair? You look like the dog's dinner. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ v. 58 The geezer..was dolled up like a dog's dinner with a white tie and all. 1954 J. Trench ii. iii. 57 Tarting up my house and the gardens like a dog's dinner. 1995 E. Toman vii. 178 All done up like the dog's dinner... Going through an elaborate ritual of piety for the benefit of the gathering congregation. 2003 C. Birch xxix. 313 What are you all dressed up like a dog's dinner for? 1934 P. Fleming i. iii. 31 I would recommend a ‘Let the dog see the rabbit’ attitude as being both wise and fair. 1968 S. Gore 52 How's about givin' a man a fair crack o' the whip... Let the dog see the rabbit? 1978 119 448 David Scott's treatment of this colourful music shows what can be done to combine scholarship, practical requirements and enthusiasm—and yet still letting the dog see the rabbit. 2002 S. Coogan et al. (2003) 380/2 Well, give the man a twirl. Let the dog see the rabbit. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. (a) 1768 9 A dog-basket and cushion, a carpet, and a mat. 1803 22 July 1/3 (advt.) A very stout shooting Gig, with leather shooting and powder pockets, removing dog basket, very near new. 1842 Mrs. H. M. Stanley Let. 22 Sept. in N. Mitford (1938) 46 I walked to Northwich to order a dog basket & other trifles. 1998 Apr. 41 Far be it from us to suggest that Hermès (dog basket, £495) and Asprey (solid-silver dog bowl, £1,150), are—ta-dah—barking mad. 1704 Dog-bite, see Biting of a Mad-Dog. 1890 E. R. Lankester ii. 115 Two hundred and fifty persons have gone..to be treated for dog-bite. 1995 July 123/1 In a country where..people face a regular threat from typhoid and dengue fever, here was an over-fed tourist expecting immediate help for a dog bite. 1830 13 June He was one of the last of the original Trusty dog breed, from the celebrated Trusty, belonging to the late Lord Camelford. 1969 E. H. Hart (title) Encyclopaedia of dog breeds. 2003 3 Feb. 89/1 Of course, things have happened to dogs,..and dog breeds have changed over time. 1507 Bk. Rates 15 July in N. S. B. Gras (1918) 696 Chenes called doge chenes the grosse viii s. 1786 J. Lucas 17 In the Nag stable... A muzzle, a dog chain, [etc.]. 1859 F. Francis I. i. 11 Dog-chains, badger-tongs, rabbit-hutches. 1988 D. M. Martin in 7 Aug. (Sunday Punch) 7/2 My hands were hooked to a dog chain around my waist and I couldn't wave back. 1771 T. Smollett I. 119 A famous dog-doctor was sent for. 1885 23 May 8 The defendant lived in Clerkenwell, where he carried on a business as a ‘dog doctor’. 1999 (Nexis) 27 June One of the biggest problems faced by dog doctors is the fact that people use their pets as surrogates and the dogs just can't cope with the pressure. 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins 80 I was invited to a Dog-Feast..It was exceeding good Eating. 1854 J. G. Wood 133 Dog is considered a delicacy..There are several ways in which these dog-feasts are conducted. 1999 (Nexis) 3 Jan. a7 It was the Igorots from the Philippines who caused the biggest stir with their scanty clothing and ritual dog feasts. 1694 T. Phillips Jrnl. Voy. in (1732) VI. 221/2 The negroes admire dog flesh before any other. 1750 III. 215 Beaten about the ears..Stand there, charge there..And all this sport for Cheese and Chines of Dog-flesh. 1805 P. Gass 9 Oct. (1807) 146 We have some Frenchmen, who prefer dog-flesh to fish. 1992 J. Stern & M. Stern 228/1 A widely held folk belief that hot dogs might actually contain dog flesh. 1829 2 Sept. Here, as in Turkey, there are Dog Hospitals, where an old hound is fed upon soups. 1888 J. Ruskin III. ii. 55 Kept quiet for a day or two in a dog-hospital. 1997 (Nexis) 17 Nov. b1 Stranger died of heartworms on the operating table at the dog hospital. 1906 31 Jan. 13 At the house of each prisoner were discovered a number of valuable dogs and a quantity of dog leads. 1992 T. Davies 59 A dog collar is around this first man's neck. A dog lead is attached to the collar. 1534 in J. B. Paul (1905) VI. 202 For dog leschis and dog collaris. 1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. William in 12 He may follow his hounds within the Kings forest, as farre as he may cast his horne or his dogleisch. 1823 W. Scott II. xiii. 262 The fool who presented his mistress with a dog-leash for a carcanet. 1992 Summer 17/2 [They] began tying her door shut,..looping a dog leash from her doorknob to the knob of an adjacent door. 1857 1 Oct. Report of dog license money paid... Read..and referred to committee on Finance. 1867 10 Apr. 5 The propriety of supplementing the new dog licence by a tax upon the use..of firearms. 1936 14 Aug. 10/1 Did she need..a dog licence, a wireless licence? 1997 17 Apr. 18/3 The dog licence, which was eventually scrapped in 1988. 1892 C. G. Harper 60 Such excellent black-and-white renderings of dog life. 2006 (Nexis) 7 Oct. 12 Unfortunately, as well as ample evidence of birdlife, there's also ample evidence of doglife in the form of excrement. 1704 N. N. tr. T. Boccalini I. 25 A Gentleman that wanted a parcel of Dog-muzzles. 1889 23 July 8/1 The advocates of the dog muzzle assert that an order for the universal muzzling of dogs for a stated period would effectually stamp out hydrophobia. 1995 (Nexis) 1 May 10 After they left he stormed upstairs to the attic and came back with an old dog muzzle and told me I should wear it for future social occasions. 1831 Feb. 259/1 After luncheon I strolled into the kennel: it was a hunting-day, and the dog-pack was out. 1927 F. B. Young ii. xi. 201 The huntsman and his whips had clattered over from the kennels with the dog-pack. 1990 Mar. 38/1 Hunters using..tracking equipment and dog packs also markedly upped the bear kill in New Hampshire. 1845 1 July The ordinance provides that there shall be established a dog pound, in a suitable location. 1928 12 July 11/2 A large electric lethal chamber had been presented to the Catania Society for use in the municipal dog pound. 2006 D. Peterson xxxvii. 570 The yellowish, shorthaired mutt rescued from the dog pound. 1844 16 Dec. 141/1 A friend of ours is a dog fancier, and we accompanied him to—of all things in the world—a dog show. 1863 in (1963) Mar. 106/1 The International Dog Show. 1994 Feb. 57/1 Crufts! Is it the greatest dog show on earth? 1869 29 June 2 (advt.) Dog soap of the finest quality. 1990 (Nexis) 3 Sept. All dogs taking part in the walkathon will receive a can of dog food, a training lead and a cake of dog soap. 1753 ‘Brindle’ 2 Stripes, collars, chains, hungry bellies, and..after all these, a dog tax. 1886 XX. 201/2 The imposition of a dog-tax or licence. 1930 25 July 3 Pay your Dog Tax between now and August 1st and save cost of taking up and pounding dogs. 2002 21 Nov. 23/2 Dog tax, tobacco tax, car tax, ecological tax—did you really think that was the end of the line? 1520 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) 333 in (Cd. 5567) XXVII. 1 Item for halfe a quarter of branne for doge bred. a1585 214 Ȝour bankettis of sick vilitie, Deir of the dog brane [v.r. dog-bran] of the Mers. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal 67 Thou maist..gnaw dog-crusts [L. et sordes farris mordere canini]. 1873 17 Oct. 1 Fibrine dog cakes.—It has come to the knowledge of the Proprietors that spurious..biscuits are being sold..as Spratt's Patent Cak[e]s. 1896 A. Austin ii. i. 33 None o' your sharps nor dog-bran, but real Earl's barley-meal. 1958 13 June 18 A new cannery..which produces dog biscuits, dog meal, etc. 1991 Mar. 47/1 A dog show [sc. Crufts]..originally held to promote ‘dog cakes’. 1843 X. 727 A dog-race for £100 is within the statute of Anne. 1863 Apr. 150 The establishment of a central authority in the shape of a club..may some day be thought as necessary for the welfare of yacht, as it has been found of horse and dog racing. 1864 502/2 Betting more than you can afford upon a dog-race. 1875 254/1 Manchester..being the headquarters of the rabbit-courser;..and the colliery districts generally, of the dog-racer. 1875 254/1 Excluded from enjoying the pleasures of bull-baiting, the Lancashire rough falls back on dog-racing or some similar sport which admits of betting. 1932 J. Thurber 3 Feb. (2002) 149 They also have dog races here, and a Marathon dance. 1997 (Nexis) 2 Nov. 25 Two greyhounds found poisoned..could have been dumped by dog racers. 2004 17 Aug. (Review section) 2/3 The statistical advantage that the betting shops have over the punters..is..about 11 per cent on a horse race, 20 per cent on a dog race. b. attributive and in the genitive. Designating the excrement of dogs, frequently in similative phrases as the type of something disgusting, worthless, bad, etc. Chiefly colloquial and slang. Cf. dog shit n.1942 W. A. Dorrance vi. 321 Holden give me one of them little piles, looks like dog crap. 1999 (Nexis) 16 Feb. 9 They're the type I want to equate to dog's crap on your heel. 2007 A. Stuart in 82 He'd tried to be nice, to give her a compliment, and she'd given him a look like he was lower than dog crap. 1543 J. Bale sig. Hiiij Lyes of hypocrites, adders egges, spyders webbes.., dogges dyrt, swylle,..[etc.]. 1766 E. Buys II. Honde-keutel, dog's dirt, dung. 1826 H. Roscoe (new ed.) II. 342 Hans will sooner heave a dog's dirt overboard, than bestir himself to save a sail when it is splitting. 1893 Mar. 422 Dog-dirt solution is also used for cleansing skins from chemicals. 1938 H. E. Bates iii. i. 142 The man who made a fortune out of shoveling up the dog dirts in the street. 2007 L. Davis 173 The first-choice slave girl was pretty, but inane and as common as dog dirt. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > excrement of 1976 26 July 34/2 A man nearby scrapes dog-doo off his shoe. 1981 J. Viorst (1987) 53 Will they only say he stepped in the dog doo at Jimmy Altman's party? 2003 Aug. 46/1 The picture and (to a lesser extent) sound quality of DV recordings makes analogue formats look like a big pile of dog do, not to put too fine a point on it. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > excrement of 1927 G. Sturt xv. 145 One had to walk warily for fear..of dog messes on the kerb. 1987 E. Bombeck (1988) 241 There is a dog's mess at the end of the sofa. 2008 N. Seitz 37 You seen that pile of dog mess in your front yard? a1804 J. Mather (1862) 15 Cat's muck and dog's muck also, Sh—t pots mould and abominate. 1957 R. Hoggart ii. 52 Dock and nettle insist on a defiant life in the rough and trampled earth-heaps,..undeterred by ‘dog-muck’, cigarette packets, old ashes. 1979 11 Dec. 19/5 A hinged disposable paper container with which dog owners can painlessly pick up dog muck when out on walkies. 2004 (Nexis) 24 Jan. 15 She's as common as dog's muck, that one. 1972 9 Jan. 19/2 My bare foot stepped into dog poo in the middle of the dining room. 1986 (Nexis) 20 Sept. [He] reacted ‘like a man who has just had his face rubbed in dog's poo’. 2005 B. Sparks 169 She's hurt me too much in the past, by making me feel..like I was about as important as dog poo. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > excrement of 1972 1 Oct. d3/1 She stepped from the cab into a mound of dog poop. 2009 (Nexis) 21 May a4 All of a sudden auto workers have become lower than dog poop. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > excrement of ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI sig. H.viv A plaster made of dogges turde & mans ordure and the gall of a bull is very good. 1695 J. Sergeant 16 If all these Garisons put together, will not command any Contribution worth the speaking of..then..all of them together are not worth a Dog-turd. 1773 142 Put into a large vat three or four pails of dogs turd. 1936 H. E. Bates ii. 37 The passage was filthy too; odds and ends, papers, a bottle, dog-turds. 1952 J. Steinbeck (1980) 27 Sometimes I think you're a weakling who will never amount to a dog turd. 2008 J. van de Ruit 312 I thanked him and told him he had dog turd on his shoe. c. 1598 J. Florio Castracane, a dog gelder. 1770 40 164 To punish the dog-stealer, or the man charged with the crime of dog-stealing. c1785 (title) The dog skinner. 1821 P. Egan ii. iii. 221 The dog-fancier in the corner..sidled up to the Swells. 1845 7 5 I'm the only honest man in the dog-fancyin' line. 1876 J. Greenwood 16 Bitten..with the dog-keeping mania. 1889 G. Stables i. 10 On dog-washing days. 1895 R. Kipling 148 The boy knows something of dog-driving. 1898 17 Jan. 8/5 The Admiral..described how the two saved the life of their dog-driver..when he ‘was rapidly freezing’. 1910 H. G. Wells ix. 301 Drowning superfluous kittens, dog-fancying as required. 1987 L. Murray (1991) 241 The done fox suddenly underfoot among dog-urgers. (b) 1816 Jan. 62 Except to professed sportsmen, gamekeepers, dog breeders, and..huntsmen, we do not think it is calculated to be of much utility. 1939 A. L. Hagedoorn 262 Dog breeders made the Airedale Terrier larger by the use of Gordon Setters. 2007 W. Safire in 22 Apr. 24/2 Dog breeders have taken up mixed breed [as a euphemism for mongrel]. 1841 D. P. Blaine (ed. 4) Index 319/1 A cross in dog-breeding. 1882 14 Apr. 4 Dog-breeding and canine exhibitions have come much into fashion of late years. 1997 (Nexis) 19 July (Sports section) 9 For the breeders, handlers and judges, the competition in dog breeding is serious. 1703 T. D'Urfey 49 The Fisher has spoil'd his Angling-Rod, and the Dog-lover crack'd..his best hunting Horn. 1951 W. Lewis iii. 105 The English have bred as spectacular a breed of underdogs as any dog-lover could wish! 1996 31 May i. 16/7 Coal miners have always been dog-lovers. 2006 July 127/1 A complete canine companion to guide dog lovers through every breed. 1831 W. Sullivan xxxiii. 242 The public law ought to hold a dog-owner to be guilty of manslaughter, if his dog occasion the death of any person. 1936 26 Apr. s8/2 Membership entitles dog owners to enter the club's training class. 2006 Aug. 43/2 Dog owners are twice as active as their poochless peers. 1876 30 Dec. It will be satisfactory to the dog-owning public of the district to know that the mad dog which..bit several dogs was captured. 1899 20 July 6 Raising the tone of dog-owning and dog-showing everywhere to the same high level. 1990 (Nexis) 29 Dec. In Tokyo..cramped apartments make dog-owning a luxury. 2003 J. Katz i. 6 Montclair almost perfectly exemplifies the American dog-owning population—educated, affluent, child-centered. 1747 J. Thomson tr. M. Aurelius iv. 92 The Vine-dresser, the Colt-breaker, and Dog-trainer. 1897 18 Nov. 4 James Goodge,..described as a dog trainer,..was charged..on suspicion of stealing..three fancy dogs. 1986 V. Hearne in R. Poirier (1990) 159 Dog trainers and horse trainers insist that training..results in ennoblement. 2008 (Nexis) 19 Mar. 4 A former professional dog trainer, who has appeared on television shows such as Dog Borstal and It's Me or the Dog. 1824 1 Jan. The Carolinians keep and train large dogs for hunting..runaway..negroes... [They] set a young negro to strike a pup and then run from it. This is dog training. 1932 L. Sprake (title) The art of dog training. 2005 31 May The couple took him to dog training classes where he learned to perform tricks such as playing dead. 1582 S. Batman xii. xxvii. 186 (Addition) This kinde of Owle is dogge footed. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. 363 A stone which a dog hath taken vp with his mouth and bitten, wil cause debate and dissention in the company where it is..it is growne into a common prouerbe..when we perceiue those that dwel in one house together to be..at variance..to say, You have a dog-bitten stone here among you. 1608 W. Shakespeare xvii. 46 His own vnkindnes..gaue her deare rights, To his dog-harted daughters. View more context for this quotation 1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo 2 A wretched kind of a dog-look'd fellow..his Cloaths all in tatters. 1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus v. 62 Out comes the Dog looking Gray-beard again. 1765 T. Zouch 6 Dog-ey'd Lust, Rifling the bosom of chaste innocence. 1829 E. Elliott i. 9 Legless soldier, borne In dog-drawn car. a1847 E. Cook Song of Spirit of Poverty in (1853) 174 A dog-gnawn bone for my sceptre wand. 1922 J. Joyce ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 391 Swineheaded..or doghaired infants occasionally born. 1928 E. Sitwell 4 Beneath my dog-furred leaves you see The creeping strawberry. 1929 E. Sitwell 22 The dog-whining dawn light. 1931 W. de la Mare 134 He looked at me..with those dog-bright eyes. 1932 W. H. Auden iii. 85 A dog-hated dustman. 1966 6 127 He [sc. a deity] has dog-footed wives and many sons and daughters. 1979 20 359 We learn here of dog-driven butter churns and roasting spits. 1996 J. C. Oates 417 There were animals who were the casualties of other animals—severely dog-bitten dogs and cats, bucks terribly injured in rutting season. 1552 R. Huloet Dogge leane, squallidus. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch 914 In deede Cicero was dogge leane, a litle eater. 1599 H. Buttes sig. O4 He that saith, he is Dog-sicke, as sicke as a Dog; meaneth a sicke Dog, doubtlesse. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dormer en transe, to be dog asleepe, to be in a deepe or dead sleepe. a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Qqq2 v/1 Would I were drunk, dog-drunk, I might not feele this. 1625 J. Davis in S. Purchas I. iii. 118 Dog hungry and meatlesse. 1647 J. Howell 94 Some of our Preachmen are grown dogmadd. 1723 A. de la Mottraye II. iv. 143 He..wou'd run..Dog-mad at the Sound of Musick, especially a Pair of Bag-Pipes. 1738 E. Purefoy Let. 7 Mar. in G. Eland (1931) I. vii. 167 The mare is broke out just above the hoof and she is Dog lame. 1832 W. Scott 16 Jan. (1946) 210 I was dog sick of the whole of it. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ I. ix. 113 When she [sc. a mare] was dog-poor and hardly able to drag herself along. 1953 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark (1954) 102 Be hungry. Be bad for feed,—dog-hungry, [etc.]. a1983 ‘R. West’ (1986) iii. 113 Maxine..was dog-lazy and never did a stroke if she could put it on somebody else. 1995 ‘Boy George’ & S. Bright xviii. 141 The thought of living with Marilyn made Myra and Andy dog-sick. 2001 P. Magrs (2002) viii. 161 In London, people seemed to pay a fortune to live somewhere they thought of as posh and, when you went round, it was dog rough. the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > eloquence the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Greek > spurious or bad Greek the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > spurious or bad English 1542 T. Elyot Canina facundia, dogge eloquence. A prouerbe applyed to suche as doo neuer exercise theyr tunge or penne, but in reprouing or blamynge other men. 1565 M. Harding in J. Jewel (1567) 94 Luther would stampe, and rage, and whette his dogge eloquence vpon you. 1581 P. Wiburn f. 29 Heere is praeda Mysorum, expounded and set out with dogge Rhetorike, and much adoe. 1611 J. Florio Versaccij, dog-rimes, filthy verses. a1625 f. 13 a To begge sir Tottipate's applause in dogrime verse. 1638 D. Featley Stricturæ in Lyndomastygem i. sig. A iijv, in H. Lynde Every where full of Canina facundia, Dogg-eloquence. 1711 1 No. 50 His skill in that part of learning called dog's logic. 1754 W. Warburton 18 His Lordship might reasonably think, that his Dog-Eloquence, was well enough fitted to their Dog-Logic. 1884 F. Harrison in Mar. 496 Agnostic is only dog-Greek for ‘don't know’. 1938 F. M. Ford 16 Mar. (1965) 290 He will at least write comprehensible dog-English. 2002 (Nexis) 8 Oct. 18 It went from dog-Latin to dog-English, and it's not very uplifting. C2. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger (1980) ii. iv. 28 Such a den of dog-Whelps. 1739 R. Bradley (ed. 2) ix. 132 The Hog Kind will sometimes bring 17 or 18 young ones at a Birth, and the Dog Race about 10. 1775 J. Anderson vi. 321 The varieties of this animal are not so distinctly marked as that of the dog-tribe. 1874 H. Dalziel 23 ‘Specifics’..for all dog diseases. 1880 W. B. Dawkins iv. 87 In the upper Pleiocene period the..dog family..appear for the first time. 1959 23 Feb. 10/5 Two of the strangest members of the dog family arrived recently at the Regent's Park Zoo. 1992 (Nexis) 25 May Donkeys have an innate dislike for members of the dog species. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Panthera > panthera tigris (tiger) > male or female the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > male 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria iii. ii. f. 96v The dogge tyger [L. tigris] chaunsed fyrste into this pitfaul. 1575 G. Gascoigne vii. 16 (heading) The signes vnder the which she may best be lined to bring foorth dogge whelps which shall not be subiect vnto diseases. 1687 No. 2220/4 Lost lately at Newmarket, an old Dog-Hound of His Majesties. 1749 H. Fielding IV. x. vii. 55 We have got the Dog Fox, I warrant the Bitch is not far off. 1778 in G. Cartwright (1792) II. 346 [I turned] to an enormous, old, dog bear which came out of some alder-bushes on my right. 1832 C. M. Goodridge 29 The dog seals are named by South Seamen Wigs. 1888 (ed. 2) iv. 20 A dog polecat ferret. 1893 F. C. Selous 184 An old dog hyæna. 1955 14 July 5/4 The Duke of Norfolk saw the doghound championship awarded to Distaff, a 1952 entered hound from his own pack. 1975 T. Russell 54 Uncle Sol told Skipper Lige right to his face that he was uglier lookin' than an old dog hood [i.e. hooded seal]. 2005 Jan. 25/4 As soon as the young are capable of taking care of themselves, the dog otter goes off to live by himself. C3. a. 1961 J. Franklyn (ed. 2) 146/1 Dog and bone, 'phone... This term seems to have evolved since the second war, probably partly due to the increase in the number of telephones installed. 1989 22 Mar. 31/1 British Telecom brings to you the telephone of the future—the dog and bone that offers self-improvement and self-expression. 1996 (Electronic ed.) 29 Aug. Yesterday, yours truly was just settling down with a crate of lagers ready to watch a Chubby Brown video when the dog and bone starts buzzing. 2001 (Electronic ed.) 6 Oct. Lazerbuilt Chic Telephone, £19.99... This amazing Dog and Bone is £49.95. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [noun] > excessive hunger 1615 H. Crooke 169 In the disease called Boulimos, there is hunger without appetite, and in the Dog-appetite, there is appetite without hunger. 1725 E. Strother ii. 226 Dekkers..is in the right to commend Spirits of Wine, and Aqua Vitæ, in the Dog-Appetite, because, as I have hinted above, it dulcifies the Sour. 1862 14 June 374/1 This antiquated dame was tormented with what was then called a dog-appetite—although we question whether our own Carlos, Cæsar, or silky-eared Fan could have emulated her feats in the eating line. 1904 13 Apr. 408/1 It is what we call a canine or dog appetite, or the hungry evil, a voracious hunger. 1842 W. T. Brande 358/1 Dog Belts..a strong broad piece of leather round the waist. 1842 14 May 5/6 Boys from the age of six upwards were employed..to drag loads of coal..by means of a certain ‘dog-belt and chain’, or ‘girdle and chain’, as the boys themselves call it. 1770 3 In every town in England, there is a qualified Poacher, some idle scoundrel of no property, nor profession, not even the merit of a Dog-breaker. 1848 C. Kingsley i. i. 38 That a man shall keep his dog-breakers, and his horse-breakers, and his hawk-breakers, and never hire him a boy-breaker or two! 1960 28 Mar. 12 In the last quarter of his life he [sc. an old gamekeeper] was not so much a gamekeeper as a dog-breaker. 2007 (Nexis) 18 Jan. 32 [Around 60 years ago] Mr Rumley was well known in the village as a ‘dog-breaker’, being chiefly concerned with retrievers and terriers. 1951 2 Dec. 16 a/4 He found the stuff [sc. deodorant] ‘harmless as a lettuce leaf’ to a dog's digestive system, yet a sure cure for ‘dog breath’ and body odors. 1959 Fall 70 With Sello..leaning on café tables, blowing his old dog's breath into Stern's face, the student felt that at last he had made contact with real European life. 1981 29 Oct. b1 Do you wanna sit down, dog-breath, or would you prefer a collapsed lung? 1998 J. Pritchard (Mersey TV transmission script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 255. 18 Isn't that something you and dog's breath need to be discussing? 2004 J. Milligan 78 If I didn't love you, I wouldn't tell you that you had dog breath! a1703 R. Hooke Present State Nat. Philos. in (1705) 26 (list) Dog-catchers and Keepers. 1882 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox 62 The dog-catchers have quit going their rounds. 1978 1 June 9/1 She has been the West Lincoln Township dogcatcher since 1969. 2008 (Nexis) 22 June Pembroke Pines..has no dog catchers on staff and no shelter for animals that are seized. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw > lowest or losing throw 1625 T. Godwin (new ed.) ii. iii. xiii. 115 The losing cast, Canis, or Canicula, in English a Dogge-chance. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus 441 I always cast the unlucky dog-chances. 1876 1/2 Any friction-clutch or dog-clutch may be used. 1907 18 Nov. 6/3 The road-wheels are mounted on the..steel valves, leaving the enclosed driving-shafts free to transmit the power, through the medium of dog-clutches, to the hubs. 1951 G. H. Sewell (ed. 2) iii. 24 A dog-clutch on the camera motor mechanism engages with the main spindle of the magazine. 1995 30 June 69/1 The dog clutches are used to key the gear selected to the shaft. 1825 T. Hook 2nd Ser. 84 A house in Grosvenor Street,..a cellar admirably stocked, a first-rate Dog-Cook and assistants. the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > [noun] > leash for hounds 1649 C. Hoole 301/1 A pair of dog couples, Copulae. 1652 J. Shirley i. i Led Away in dog-couples by rusty officers. 1767 G. Washington Invoice 20 July in (1993) VIII. 12 12 pr Dog Couples. 1843 3 147 With his dog-couples slung across his shoulders. 1939–40 999/2 Dog Couples, medium, for spaniels, setters and pointers. 1807 Z. M. Pike Jrnl. 23 Mar. in (1810) 84 In the evening we were entertained with the calumet and dog dance. 1854 J. G. Wood 134 There is the dog-dance, in which the liver of the dog is suspended to a pole..The Indians..commence a slow dance round the pole. 1931 B. Evans & M. G. Evans 95 ‘The Peace Dance is..almost the same as the Dog Dance.’ Back of all these conflicting versions there is probably a very ancient symbolic ceremonial whose origin is lost in the obscurity of a remote past. 1998 (Nexis) 26 Nov. g1 Second-graders at Our Lady of Prompt Succor..perform a dog dance during Indian Day. 2002 13 286 Among the Arapaho,..the leader and his four associates in the Dog Dance pledged never to retreat. society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > fierce or ruthless society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [adjective] > types of competition 1794 5 Aug. (headline) Dog eat dog.] 1822 Q. Poynet I. ii. 50 ‘Come, Giles, let's see the contents of the purse—honour amongst thieves, you know.’ ‘Yes, yes,’ added the old woman; ‘no dog eat dog in this house.’ 1854 30 Dec. 9 It was dog eat dog—tit for tat... the customers cheated us in their fabrics; we cheated the customers with our goods. 1872 5 Aug. 5/5 The ‘dog-eat-dog’ relations existing..between those who mistakenly follow the piebald candidate and those who only propose to use him. 1931 ‘D. Stiff’ xv. 169 He knows and lives the justice of the jungle as well as he knows and lives the dog-eat-dog code of the main stem. 1959 N. N. Holland xiv. 168 The impression we get is of a dog-eat-dog world. 1964 R. Jeffries iii. 21 You don't want to be nice for this job..it's dog eat dog. 2006 No. 49. 89/1 I've often been in these dog-eat-dog battles for survival, and have had to fight hard. the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigar or cigarette > butt or end of 1934 27 Aug. 11/4 A man who hunts for cigarette-ends in the street is a ‘dog-end walloper’. 1941 G. Kersh 186 There is a kind of closet containing a bar scarcely more than three feet long. This dog-end of space belongs to the group. 1999 T. Lott (2000) 61 He narrows his eyes behind his specs against the smoke still coiling from his smouldering, soggy dog-end. 2003 A. Maxted xiii. 104 Dreadfully hard to be pro-smooch when you're at the dog end of a failed relationship. 1948 N. Cassady 16 June (2005) 77 Nigger fucks dog-fashion as she kneels on bed. 2005 J. Pelham 31 Imagine that big jerk Oscar jumping this magnificent woman dog fashion and not having the foggiest notion what he could do with her if he had any smarts. the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > fit(s) or outburst(s) of anger a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Eeeeee2v/2 We would soone disburthen ye Of that that breeds these fits, these dog-flawes in ye. 1857 T. Wright 393/2 Dogflaws, gusts of rage. society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > sexton > [noun] 1806 in T. North 5 July (1884) 228 Pd Fewkes Dog Flogger 0 10 0. 1975 20 July 2 a/6 ‘You don't warn them of their constitutional rights?’ I asked. ‘No, I don't. It's not necessary when one deals with dog fouling’. 1982 11 Oct. 3/3 Penalties for dog fouling. 2005 S. Bell in I. Kowarik & S. Körner 90 Focus groups identified dog fouling as being a key form of anti-social behaviour. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer xi. 256 As a dog-given hunter sets upon a brace of boars His white-tooth'd hounds. 1844 24 Apr. 1/5 (advt.) Self-acting range patterns, stove, dog grate, and other patterns. 1908 A. Conan Doyle in 36 247 With a slow smile he drew a folded and discoloured scrap of paper from his pocket. ‘It was a dog-grate, Mr Holmes, and he overpitched it.’ 1992 C. Hardyment viii. 114 The rows of spits laid across from one firedog to another evolved into a form of brazier known as a dog grate. 1971 24 200/2 A properly managed cover of grasses reduces erosion,..allows for the return to timber, and aids in eliminating ‘doghair stands’ of trees. 2005 A. D. Nystrom vi. 287 The dog hair forest finally gives way to sagebrush meadows, and, on clear days, truly grand views. 1870 3 Mar. 10/2 Sheffield George, the noted English dog handler. 1968 R. Jeffries i. 9 The civilian fitter..was changing a fan-belt on a dog handler's van. 1971 25 Apr. 17/6 Dog handler Mr. Robert Green..receives £720 from her estate. 2000 A. Taylor (2003) lvii. 401 I want as many men as possible down there. You'd better call in a dog-handler as well. 1911 5 Apr. 1/7 Scott has the best equipment for his undertaking, but will that counter-balance the knowledge of dog handling which the Norwegian possesses? 1988 (Nexis) 4 Dec. 15 150 Peruvian police officers received special training in the United States in bomb deactivation, dog handling and protection of vital installations. 2003 24 950 For dog handling, clearance work, medical support and database operations, professional expertise is employed. 1646 Maldon Parish Rec. 12 Mar. in W. W. Addison (modernized text) 103 [Thomas Reid heard William Came say] that the next day being the sabbath day he was to go to a dog-hanging feast to Robert Bigges's house. 1699 W. Winstanley ix. 133 Now in most parts of Essex (where this Wedding was kept) it is a common Custom when Poor People Marry, to make a kind of a Dog-Hanging, or Mony-gathering, which they call a Wedding-Dinner. 1847 J. O. Halliwell at word Dog-hanging. A wedding feast, where money was collected for the bride. 1886 R. E. G. Cole (at cited word) There's some folks will go to any kind of a dog-hanging. 1949 W. W. Addison 103 But as disapproval of mirth is as constant as enjoyment of it, we must have this curious report of a dog-hanging feast in the spring of 1646. 1994 P. Beale (O.E.D. Archive) Gus Thornton, in conversation..remarked that ‘a dog hanging’ was well known to his generation (born ca. 1920) as a term for any sort of social gathering or celebration. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > inferior or old and worn-out c1600 (Oxfordshire Archives E12/1F/1) f. 1v Geven..for a dogg horse viiid. 1698 J. Vanbrugh iv. ii Two blind stallions, besides pads, routs, and dog-horses. c1785 T. Bewick Waiting for Death in A. Dobson (1884) ix. 155 He..was judged to be only fit for the dogs. However, one shilling and sixpence beyond the dog-horse price saved his life. 1851 10 Apr. 8 The most notorious ruffians [sc. street cab drivers]..madly tooling their dog horses in ricketty and leaky vehicles. 1852 ‘Scrutator’ v. 54 In some localities dog horses are scarce, in others almost too plentiful; the average price is from fourteen shillings to a pound. 1858 R. S. Surtees lxxxiv. 324 Having a contract with Sir Moses for dog horses. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [noun] > excessive hunger 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas ii. i. 342 The Dog-hunger, or the Bradypepsie. a1680 S. Butler (1759) II. 342 His greedy appetite to riches is but a kind of doghunger that never digests what it devours. 1727 E. Strother tr. P. Hermann I. 106 It [sc. Wormwood] agrees in Weaknesses of Stomach, in the Dog-Hunger, in Colicks, and in Worms. 1810 1 i. 9 From this quarter [sc. natural history] we derive the elegant terms of fames canina, rabies canina (dog-hunger, dog-madness). the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of dogs > [noun] 1874 H. Dalziel 24 Distemper is also known as the ‘dog-ill’. 1906 J. Law (ed. 2) IV. 205 Synonyms [of distemper]: Contagious catarrhal fever; Dog ill; Bronchial Catarrh; Intestinal Catarrh. the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > andiron or fire-dog 1534 in J. B. Paul (1905) VI. 203 For..viij pair of dog irnes. 1577 Edinb. Test. V. f. 197v, in at Dog irne Tua pair of dog irnes,..tua pair of ratche cuppelis. 1637 in D. Yaxley (2003) 67 One payer of dogyrons wth brasse pillers one payer of short dogyrons j payer of dogyrons wth brasse knopes 3s. 1775 Inventory 1 Dec. in (1779) XI. 275 Furniture..705 grates; 296 pair dog-irons. 1883 G. W. Bagby Old Virginia Gentleman in 48 135 Brass dog-irons of ponderous build..shine against the warm brick hearth. 1997 (Nexis) 29 June i. 6 Cover the fireplace opening with glossy, magnolia leaves..or simply pile driftwood on grate or dog irons. the world > life > death > killing > killer of animals > [noun] 1592 T. Nashe sig. C 3v Out vppon thee for an arrant dog-killer, strike a man when he is dead. ?1608 That order be taken that no Hogges, Dogges or Cattes..be suffred to be kept within any parte of the Citie,..and that the Dogges be killed by the Dog-killers, appointed for that purpose. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. i. 16 in II A worthy worshipfull man..who would take you, now the habit of a Porter; now of a Carman; now of the Dog-killer, in this moneth of August. 1777 x. 103 The dogs by natural instinct ran away from the city dog-killer. 1841 L. M. Child Let. 26 Aug. in (1843) ii. 11 The company of dog-killers themselves are a frightful sight, with their bloody clubs, and spattered garments. 1991 (Nexis) 4 Dec. a3 A million dogs have been killed in one southern China province,..most of them bludgeoned to death in a campaign against rabies... Squads of dog-killers had been hard at work in Guangdong province. the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Latin > anglicized or corrupt 1661 G. Carew Ep. Ded. 3 The King hath been paid most of his small Rents with Pen and Ink and Dog-Latine since the Course of the Excheq. hath been Altered. 1702 tr. J. Lipsius 21 This is Dog-Latin..and will not pass Grammar for all Mr. Tully's vouching of it. 1853 W. M. Thackeray vi. 271 ‘Nescio quid est materia cum me’, Sterne writes to one of his friends (in dog Latin, and very sad-dog Latin too). 1993 10 June 505/2 It [sc. a book] relies entirely on verbal description, with not a single diagram..to help the uninitiated through neuroscience's dog-Latin. 1607 E. Topsell 142 Iupiter himselfe was called Cynegetes, that is, a Dogge-leader; because he taught the Arcadians first of all to hunt away noysome beasts by the helpe of Dogges. 1679 T. Blount 35 To be the Kings Vauterer or Dog-leader in Gascoigny, till he had worn out a pair of Shoes of four pence price. 1798 J. Ebers II. 222/1 Hundeführer, der, a Dog-Leader. 1826 W. Scott III. v. 154 Bevis, who was bred here when he was a dog-leader, would not fly at him. 1927 12 Mar. 9/5 Dog leaders have to show references before people will trust them with expensive pets. 2008 (Nexis) 16 Mar. g3 At hunting parties, he was accompanied by beaters and dog leaders carrying boar spears. society > communication > book > leaves or pages of book > [adjective] > of book: having leaf corners folded down 1842 Jan. 30 The books with pictures which used to afford so much delight, all thumbed and dog-leaved and tattered. 1905 27 Mar. 2/1 The first of these old pamphlets, all dog-leaved and discolored with their years, was printed at Philadelphia in 1790. 1823 R. Southey in C. C. Southey (1849) I. 69 He exercised the boys in it [sc. a spelling-book] so much, that the thumbing and dog-leaving turned to good account. 1793 J. Sinclair VII. 204 The next fishing is with the dog-line. In August frequently the sea-dog..is taken in considerable quantities. 1856 E. K. Kane I. xx. 252 The leader of the party succeeded in patching up his mutilated dog-lines. 1938 23 Nov. 15 So easy was the sledge running that often the dog lines were dragging along the ice. 1956 (No. 103) (California Dept. Fish & Game) 29 The name dog line was variously applied to fishing lines. 2000 (Nexis) 6 Feb. 23 You start off with a couple of dogs, then you buy the equipment—harness, dog lines, a rig, a sled. 1753 D. Henry 37 Some arms..are distinguished..by having what they call Dog-locks, which Kind of Locks have a Ketch to secure them from going off at Half-cock. 1773 R. Greene 33 A Pistol with a Dog Lock. 1859 3 No. 11. 311 The reign of James II. may fairly be considered as the commencement of adopted flints, connected with which system is the doglock catch at the back of the cock. 1956 H. L. Peterson i. i. 32 Two of the remaining guns of the Plymouth colonists are dog locks. 2003 J. Kinard ii. 16 The English lock appeared in the first quarter of the seventeenth century and was quickly followed by its close relative, the dog lock. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > rabies 1678 tr. M. Charas ii. xix. 123 Pulvis contra Rabiem. A Powder againg [sic] Dog-madness. 1715 J. Delacoste tr. H. Boerhaave 304 It's called..because mostly proceeding from the bite of Dogs, a Dog-madness. 1834 T. Carlisle Sartor Resartus in June 673/2 It [sc. Utilitarianism] spreads like a sort of Dog-madness; till the whole World-kennel will be rabid. 1891 14 July 1/3 He has foaming at the mouth, violent twitching of the limbs and other symptoms of dog madness. 1997 (Nexis) 31 Aug. No fewer than six people have died as a result of rabies..following what was reported as an outbreak of dog madness in the three local government areas of the state. c1585 Let. of Estate in (1981) Feb. 33/1 Torne them [sc. old horses] to grase..or els take forty pence of the dogmaster for there scinne. 1611 L. Barry iv. i. sig. Gv When did you see sir Theophrastus Slop, The Citty Dog-maister? ?1747 J. Ray 173 They..will jump and dance at the Sound of the French Horn, being used to that Note by an old Dogmaster at Paris. 1852 17 Oct. 1/1 Could any cunning dog-master have taught one of Derby's pointers to utter the words delivered by the Right Hon. William Beresford, the feat would have been a matter of curiosity. 1956 5 May 8 Though there are shining exceptions, the ladies in general do not excel as dog masters. 1992 (Nexis) 7 May b2 Dogs receive three months intensive training before going on the road with a dogmaster. 1900 9 Dec. (Sunday Suppl.) One of these dog ‘mushers’, as the team drivers are called, is famous throughout Alaska. 1966 July 63 (heading) Bouncing over impossible terrain on bone-rattling wheeled carts, dog mushers have made sledging an all-season sport. 2007 K. Joly xxiii. 94 Dog mushers also use these trails. Try to get off the trail to allow them by, especially if you have a dog with you. 1907 13 Mar. 6/3 More popular than any other outdoor sports are skiing and ‘dog mushing’. 1993 Feb. 25/3 (advt.) A variety of other adventures including dog mushing, soaking in hot springs and skiing. 2001 P. Jenkins xi. 195 One thing I didn't realize in dog mushing: you fall off the sled, your dogs often don't stop. 1874 E. H. Knight I. 716/2 Dog-nose Vise (Locksmithing), a hand-vise with long, slender, pointed jaws. Called also pig-nose vise. the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > stroke > specific 1874 28 Aug. Occasionally one would indulge in a few strokes of dog paddle, but only for a moment of rest. 1904 R. Thomas (rev. ed.) 428 How did Beowulf swim? I should say the human stroke..popularly but incorrectly known as dog paddle, which was the European stroke to about the year 1500. 1928 25 June 4/5 Try to push off from the side, performing the kick with a ‘dog-paddle’ arm stroke. 2001 Oct. 96/2 In the middle of the water, nervously doing a one-armed dog paddle with my rod held high in the other hand. the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > swim > use specific stroke 1910 9 June 3/2 A person who is in desperate straits should never throw even the little finger out of the water, but dog paddle to safety. 1958 L. Durrell i. 21 I put the precious rose between my teeth and dog-paddled back to my clothes on the pebble beach. 2005 S. Amick viii. 48 Mark was..dog-paddling in a circle, the water still choppy from the wake of the departing sailboat. 1928 1 June 1/6 A hearing on the merits of the matter, whether offering $2 to a cashier at the dog park is a bet or a ‘contribution’. 1949 29 Sept. 13/6 (heading) Dog park... ‘I figure if the people want a park for dogs they can get a vacant lot and fix it up for them.’ 1990 (Nexis) 3 July 8 a Feuds among owners of Dairyland Greyhound Park—USA's largest dog park—jeopardize license. 2005 28 Sept. 5/1 Bellbowrie dog owners are going head to head with Brisbane City Council in a bid to keep the Booker Place off-leash dog park untouched. 1822 J. Galt xvi. 338 I would, however, like it if the gangs..were treated, as other dog-pelters, constables, and town-officers, commonly are. 1859 H. E. Taliaferro 232 Sich a onhuman man can't git my vote fur dog-pelter. 1906 in D. F. Littlefield (1992) ix. 219 If he takes sides he won't 'mount to nothin' an' couldn't be dog pelter. 1997 (Nexis) Feb. 45 Official dog-whippers or dog-pelters were appointed to control obstreperous barkers. 1804 J. Ordway Jrnl. 22 Sept. in (1995) IX. 64 We found Some of their ceeder dog poles... We are informed that the Indians tie..dogs to these poles and they have to dragg them from one camp to another loaded with their Baggage. 1965 40 95 Dog-poles. Poles used by American Indians to make a light sled, drawn by dogs. 1846 D. P. Gardner 158/1 Churns are moved by horse or dog power, water, and even steam-engines. 1932 22 171 Scott made one of his few errors in distrusting dog power for his journeys. 1961 14 Apr. 16 Across the Atlantic... [there was] comparable use of dog-power by treadwheel..to raise water from wells, to churn butter..and even to drive a printing press, a washing machine, and a circular saw. 2007 (Nexis) 30 Apr. It was all our power-challenged machines could do to get everyone up the glacier... Kristan and a few others used dog power. 1835 18 Feb. 252/2 The lot in front of the shed should be an acre of more surrounded by a wolf or dog proof fence. 1843 15 Dec. 356/1 On the south side of this is a yard.., boarded up so close and high as to make it dog-proof. 1927 M. Dorney 39 Dog-proof fences..keep out the dingoes. 2006 R. G. Beauchamp 48/2 Make sure he is confined to his crate or dog-proof room with something okay to chew when you are not there to supervise. society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > sexton > [noun] 1854 1 90 The magistrate at Newbury told me..that when he was a boy they [sc. vergers] were called dog-rappers... At the time when Dog-rappers were required, the state of the canine race must have been very different. 1854 Apr. 398 Dog-rappers..were weapons for driving dogs out of churches. 1923 E. Gepp (ed. 2) 40 Dog-rapper: a church beadle or sexton. 1897 at Dog sb.1 Dog-rapping. 1923 E. Gepp (ed. 2) 40 Dogs having ceased to be a common nuisance as intruders into church, dog-rapping has passed into oblivion. 1864 1/1 This dog-screw can be run out or in to adjust the apparatus to the exact distance between the ribs of the vessel. 1900 142 405 A wooden screw of hornbeam or other tough wood..is screwed into the pine sleeper, and into this the dog-screw is fastened. 1973 E. K. Hendriksen ix. 95/1 It is splined to receive a dog screw J, which prevents it from turning. 2008 (Nexis) 3 Mar. (News section) 6 Darwin City Council had given the club $1000 to replace 30 rotting sleepers at the track's bridge, securing them in with dog screws. 1951 13 Mar. 1/3 When she goes out there's no one to dog sit for Blackie, an 11-year-old mixture of bull and fox terrier. 1989 ‘C. Roman’ xiii. 145 The Newfies have offered to dog-sit Topper while I'm away. 2003 25 Mar. 34/1 We dog sat for her when she went away. 1942 2 Oct. (Cartoon section) 4/3 Never hire a boy for a dog sitter if you don't want a case of alienation of affections! 2002 7 Jan. 34/4 Need a dog-sitter to keep your canine company while you're out? 1949 5 Mar. 24/3 The dog-sitting service requires most of the working time of four experienced young ladies. 1999 J. Cassidy 118 Later that night Dan and his friend popped in to see how the dog-sitting was coming along. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on runners > [noun] > drawn by dogs 1697 H. Kelsey in (1929) 62 Went..to draw home plank but could not so came with one upon the dogs slead.] 1706 tr. E. Y. Ides iv. 14 (heading) Dog-Sleads, how used. 1810 Z. M. Pike 85 With my dog-sled [I] arrived at the fort before 10 o'clock. 1889 1 May 5/3 An account of a recent dog-sled trip in the North-west. 1997 14 Dec. viii. 4/3 You don't have to..go to Alaska to drive a dog sled. Increasingly, companies..are offering chances to mush. 1900 27 Dec. 20/1 A large part of its population dog-sledded down the Yukon and along the shores of Behring Sea to the new gold fields. 1952 13 Feb. 6/4 He gave a very interesting account of his experiences while dog sledding through Alaska. 2006 (Nexis) 4 Nov. (Features section) 12 She's sailed round the world and dog-sledded to the Arctic. 1892 E. R. Young xxiii. 284 A dog-sledder's experience. 1949 30 Dec. 1/5 (heading) Eskimo dogsledders rescue injured pilot from Alaska mountain. 2009 T. Avery ii. 64 We could console ourselves that we weren't the first novice dog-sledders to have had a rough initiation to the sport. 1890 27 Dec. 387/1 Several months of the impending winter, which time I propose to employ in dog-sledding journeys into the interior. 1938 B. Washburn in T. O. Nall 174 We had a hundred miles of dog-sledding to do to get through the St. Elias range from our base camp. 2009 (Nexis) 19 Feb. 134 There's something inherently peaceful about dog-sledding—the still surroundings, the silent athleticism of the huskies. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on runners > [noun] > drawn by dogs 1805 J. Carr xix. 258 In the gallery above was a Lapponian dog-sledge. 1856 E. K. Kane I. xvi. 185 I have been out with my dog-sledge, inspecting the ice. 1953 22 291 The winch and meter-wheel were mounted on a light dog sledge. 1994 (Nexis) 6 Mar. 62 Accessible Isolation..offers an eight-day trip which will..study wildlife with travel by dog sledge and helicopter. 1856 M. E. S. D. Leathley (ed. 2) 99 The chief mode of communication between the different places is by dog-sledging along the frozen rivers. 1936 36 120/1 With Râsmusson the author dog-sledged across the Arctic. 2003 (Nexis) 15 Nov. (Features section) 3 He made a transit of the north-east passage in Siberia, skied and dog-sledged across the Greenland ice cap. 1879 2 291/2 Captain Nares gives a rather laughable picture of the earlier efforts of some of the would-be dog-sledgers. 1935 May 395/1 Peary was the most expert dog sledger of his day. 2001 F. Fleming viii. 112 He was..the best dog-sledger below the Arctic circle. 1852 S. Osborn 190 Nothing..can be more exhilarating than dog-sledging. 1912 A. G. Chater tr. R. Amundsen (1913) p. vii The first barrier afforded the best going, and was specially adapted for dog-sledging. 2006 (Nexis) 10 Sept. 99 Numerous shore activities such as dog-sledging and snow-mobiling. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > of specific muscles 1615 H. Crooke 754 Those conuulsions which we call Cynicke or Dogge-spasmes, because by the contraction of these, men are constrained to writh and grinne like Dogges. 1649 J. Bulwer xxiv. 204 The Muscles are contracted into their proper heades, and with them they rivell that part into which they are inserted, which indeede is common to the naturall and præternaturall Plaise-mouth or Dog-Spasme. 1791 J. H. Moore (ed. 9) 281 Bend the Buoys and Bouy-ropes, single the Stoppers,..have the Dog-Stoppers to pass [etc.]. 1793 R. H. Gower viii. 75 An approved form for a dog-stopper is to have it made with a large eye, that it may be thrown over the bit-head, and shifted over from side to side at pleasure. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher at Stopper of the Cable Dog-stopper, a strong rope clenched round the mainmast, and used on particular occasions to relieve and assist the preceding [i.e. the stopper of the cable, or deck-stopper] when the ship rides in a heavy sea. 1989 P. O'Brian ii. 64 See, they undo the deck-stoppers, or dog-stoppers as some superficial observers call them. 1850 Mar. 373 We also noticed a very handsome antique dog stove, brought from Leeds Castle. 1881 M. E. Braddon I. vi. 177 The Rectory had all the shortcomings and all the fascinations of an old house: wide hearths and dog-stoves, high mantel-pieces, deep recessed casements. 1933 30 Nov. 10 The exhibits [of rural ornamental ironwork]..included..fire baskets and dog stoves, lanterns and brackets, [etc.]. 1865 G. S. Nares 39 The strop round the yard is called the dog strop, and is a single strop; the block is fitted with two single strops which are connected with the dog strop. 1871 A. H. Alston 86 The dog-strop for the yard tackle pendant is a single wire strop. 1957 W. Burroughs 117 Greek lads white as marble fuck dog style on the portico of a great golden temple. 2008 (Nexis) 24 Mar. 1918 Findings indicate that in discussion anal sex was confused with other non-traditional sexual practices like vaginal sex ‘dog-style’ and with oral sex. society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > [noun] > paper or disc the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > place to exercise hounds > collars, leads, etc. 1882 17 Feb. Notice is hereby given that the dog tags, as prescribed by an act passed by the..legislature are on hand at my office. 1918 22 Feb. 2/1 All that will be necessary will be to consult his finger print name and other matters of interest on the little steel tag around his neck, variously known as ‘Dog Tag’, ‘license to live’, but to the Medical Department as an Identification Tag. 1947 29 159 If I should die to-morrow, I suppose this is where my bones, if not my dog-tag, would lie for ever. 1952 C. D. MacDougall 645 Charles Woodford, license clerk at the ASPCA, took a sample census of dog tags down there and found that Fido ‘was as dead as the dodo’. 1999 14 May 18/2 They are encouraged to have their religious preferences stamped on the metal dog-tags each soldier wears. 2007 (Nexis) 25 June a1 Amos was wearing a red harness..and a dog tag with his name and Mr. Weaver's address. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] 1822 24 Apr. A team of dogs that draws a small waggon..is spoken of as having caused much gaping... The managers of the Philadelphia Theatre, have employed this or another dog team to exhibit on the stage. 1856 E. K. Kane I. xvi. 198 They brought my dog-team, with the restoratives I had sent for. 1928 16 June 2461 The author worked as a dog-team freighter in Alaska during the gold-rush. 2003 13 Feb. 15/3 The mushers, many of whom have spent months training their dog teams for the contest, have expressed concern that global warming..will mean in future that the race will not be run along its normal route. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > other types of tent 1862 J. Cook ii. 34 Wedge-tents, used by the officers, and little dog-tents, by the men, shone in every direction as the sun's rays struck them. 1863 A. W. Kinglake II. xi. 181 The French soldiery were provided with what they called dog-tents—tents not a yard high, but easily carried, and yielding shelter to soldiers creeping into them. 1998 (Nexis) 22 Nov. e1 He finishes packing his dog tent for the [re-enaction of the] Battle of Secessionville. a1810 R. Tannahill (1846) 90 Get dog-thick wi' the parish priest. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw > lowest or losing throw 1772 R. Warner in B. Thornton et al. tr. Plautus IV. 149 (note) He threw deuce-ace... Literally, he threw four vulturs. The vultur throw as well as the dog throw, was esteemed unlucky. 1880 C. T. Lewis & C. Short Canicula..The worst throw with dice, the dog-throw. 1987 W. E. Sweet & E. Segal xvi. 108 The worst throw was the Dog Throw, but its nature is not known. 1860 J. H. Cliffe viii. 121 We were also shown a curious old instrument called the gefail cwn, or dog-tongs. 1891 2 Oct. 4 A very quaint exhibit..consisting of ‘dog-tongs’, formerly used for expelling dogs from churches. 1986 (Nexis) 27 Apr. b6 The dog-whipper's job was to keep order in the canine congregation... Whips and dog-tongs were used. 1844 J. H. Carleton 26 Aug. (1983) 53 We passed..by that great curiosity of the prairies, a Dog Town. 1918 W. Cather i. vii. 49 The dog town was spread out over perhaps ten acres. The grass had been nibbled short and even. 2004 2 Aug. 11/2 Imperiled animals like the sage grouse, the black-tailed prairie dog, and the mountain plover, a bird that lives in dogtowns. 1854 S. W. Baker xi. 318 I was convinced that the buck had been at bay in the large river, as I had seen his tracks in several places on the banks with dog tracks in company. 1928 25 Mar. 16/6 The Ministry of Health has decided that Wimbledon must put up with a dog-track, however much the Council and inhabitants may resent it. 1998 S. Armitage (1999) 68 In Sainsbury's, you're..staring down the line of checkouts—like a starting trap at a dog track. 2007 (Nexis) 25 Jan. The dog tracks in the snow leading in and out of the suspect's property were a dead giveaway. 1793 J. MacDonnell Jrnl. 6 Nov. in L. R. Masson 1st Ser. 285 Five dog trains started with goods for Mr. Grant's. 1897 R. Kipling v. 121 He told them of mail-carrying in the winter up Cape Breton way, of the dog-train that goes to Coudray. 1999 (Nexis) 22 Mar. The local Cree..brought in buffalo robes..and dried meat, and Flett..[was] kept busy organizing horse and dogtrains to bring these goods to Fort Edmonton. 1874 F. C. S. Pearce in 1 p. v The Club shall be called the Kennel Club, it shall endeavour in every way to promote the general improvement of dogs, dog shows, and dog trials. 1951 L. G. D. Acland ix. 303 He was also a lover of Border collies and at one time almost unbeatable at the dog-trials. 2000 1 June 55/1 Three full days of drafting and dog trials were included in the program and about 1500 cattle were used. 1839 Apr. 475 Woe to the proprietors of dog trucks! and especial woe to them that ride therein! 1842 31 Dec. 3 There are..many varieties [of slow fellows], from the tandem and tax-cart down to the waggon and dog-truck. 1924 10 June 11 A new dog truck is being put into service to catch stray dogs. 2004 (Nexis) 9 Dec. (This Week section) 2 A group of Cubans in this dog truck picked us up and we had to get in back in a cage with the dogs. 1933 L. G. D. Acland in 7 Oct. 15/7 Dog Tucker. In the old days when Merino sheep were worth even less than they are now, it was the custom to throw in a few to the drover on delivery to make up for losses on the road. They were called dog tucker. E.g., ‘I'll throw ten in for your dogs.’ 1965 10 Feb. 39/4 The pup's master had thrown him a small piece of mutton, cut from the dog tucker hanging in a tree. 1988 (Nexis) 21 Aug. Bill Ord argues for conservation, culling and cuisine. We should be eating and wearing kangaroos, not turning them into dog tucker. 2008 23 July The champion coach would be dog tucker at the merest hint he saw his new job as a chance to right a personal wrong. 1887 30 Dec. 7/7 A Dog-Walker. The following advertisement appears in a Boston paper: ‘Wanted—A person to take a dog to walk.’ 1979 28 Feb. 9/1 Officers had to issue warnings before ticketing dog walkers who failed to clean up after their pets. 2001 K. Izzo & C. Marsh (2002) 204 If the cost of caring for your Great Dane now includes a dog walker or doggie daycare then your ex should help out. 1897 18 Dec. 16/2 Dog-walking is the latest profession for women. The dog-walker sends her circulars to ladies, offering to exercise the canine pets at so much an hour. 1945 13 Aug. 11/2 In New York..the evening dog-walking interlude is a pleasantly sociable and neighborly affair. 1992 (Thames & Chiltern Region) Spring 3/1 Over one-third of the visitors interviewed used the park for dog walking. 2009 J. McCoy 7 Buddy had hit it off with Rudy, and his master..had encouraged her to try dog walking. So the Bichon had become her second customer. 1899 21 July 4/1 Each township board will appoint a dog warden. 1916 22 July 1/2 Texas Democrats today are primarying on everything from prohibition to dog warden. 1990 Summer 31/2 A dog warden or poundkeeper has discretionary authority..to destroy an impounded dog. 2000 27 July 15/1 An off-duty dog warden..spotted the cold and dehydrated animal on the embankment. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking vessel or pot > [noun] > roasting-jack > parts of 1592 in D. Yaxley (2003) 67 A dogge wheele vjd. 1609 in J. S. Moore (1981) 5 In the Kitchinge..two owlde dressinge boardes with a Dogge wheel. 1756 W. Toldervy I. 107 A dog-wheel, for roasting of meat. 1862 3 2 255/1 Thirty years ago, the kitchen of nearly every respectable house in Haverfordwest possessed a dog-wheel and a turnspit dog. 1992 C. Hardyment vii. 114 A dog-wheel which turned five spits is mentioned in the 1710 inventory of the ‘Little Kitchen’ at Dyrham Park. society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > servile or menial work 1850 A. Nicholson iii. xxii. 437 These men do what the superficial age would call the dog-work of the church—the work which some, who hold a higher station in it, would not stoop to do. 1989 Sept. 47/1 We're sitting in a corner doing dog work. 2003 31 July f6/2 The design-builders are saving the special craft of things for themselves and leaving the dog work to subcontractors. 1938 T. White xxiii. 285 Perrito Blanco was taken on board the cruiser, introduced to new quarters, and there for many a year as dog years count, he remained in naval service. 1978 28 Oct. iii. 2/1 Chronologically, I'm 27... But in the NFL you age in dog years. What is it, seven dog years to one human year? 1997 (Nexis) 31 July a2 28 dog years later, Tamber has been reunited with his family. Tamber was collared at an Edmonton-area lake cabin this week—four years after he disappeared. 2008 C. Muller & B. Thorpe 207 High school was, sadly, dog years ago..but a fiancée? Well, that was practically yesterday. b. In names of animals. See also dog-bee n., dogfish n., dogfly n., dog whelk n. 1, etc. In this section, compounds with dog and those with dog's have been treated together as variants of one another. (a) Denoting an animal that resembles a dog in some respect. the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Papio (baboon) > Papio cynocephalus (dog-faced baboon) a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. v. 24 If euer I thanke any man, Ile thanke you: but that they cal complement is like th' encounter of two dog-Apes . View more context for this quotation 1896 R. Kipling 5 In the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof. 1902 22 77 Certainly the monster is nearly related to the adoring dog-apes of Egypt. 1999 85 172 The small dog-ape was making praise in front of her. 1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone 79/2 Some [Badgers] are wild, and rough-bristled; some are Dog, and some Hog, Badgers or Grays... The Dog-Badgers have a Dogs grin, and dig their holes in gravelly places. 1731 T. Salmon XIV. 109 Of Badgers there are two sorts, the one call'd the Dog Badger, from his resembling a Dog in his Feet, and the other the Hog-Badger, from having a Cloven-hoof like a Hog. 1827 E. Griffith et al. V. 116 The country people pretend to distinguish two varieties, under the names of the Dog-Badger and the Hog-Badger, but they are not authenticated. 1827 E. Griffith et al. V. 56 The Lowo Assu, or Dog Bat of Java. 1828 J. Stark I. 66 Pteropus rostratus... The Dog bat of Java. 1772 J. Rutty 379 Chama Glycymeris..the bastard Cockle, and by the Fingallians called Dog's Cockle. 1800 E. Donovan II. Pl. XXVII Chama glycemeris... It is found likewise on the shores of Guernsey, and the coast of Ireland, where it is called the dog's cockle. 1901 E. Step v. 63 The Dog-cockle or Comb-shell (Pectunculus glycimeris) has an appearance quite distinct from any other native species. 1924 C. E. R. Bucknill 87 Glycymeris laticostata... The Large Dog cockle or Comb shell. 1999 8 Nov. 53/1 Sea creatures are dealt with fascinatingly, as you'd expect from Davidson. He covers dog cockle and pompano as well as tuna and cod. 1860 G. Suckley in (U.S. War Dept.) 341 Salmo canis, Suckley... Owing to the large jaws and long ferocious-looking teeth of the species they have obtained from the whites the name of dog-salmon. 1881 15 178 Dog salmon... The males of all the species in the fall are usually known as dog salmon, or fall salmon... Hump-back—..Puget Sound salmon, dog salmon (of Alaska). a1976 R. Haig-Brown in V. Haig-Brown (1980) ix. 91 In November the Atsi is white with the splashing of dog salmon as they run up to spawn. 1997 17 Mar. 11/2 It still has some wild runs of chum, also known as dog salmon. 1889 Dog's-guts, a fish of the family Synodontidæ, Harpodon nehereus: same as bummalo. 1775 B. Romans App. 52 The fish caught here..are such as..red, grey and black snappers, dog snappers, mutton-fish. 1925 C. H. Townsend 67 The Dog Snapper (Neomaenis jocu), averages larger and has more color. 2003 Spring 32/1 This is a giant school of fish—a globe of at least 500 tightly packed dog snappers. the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Muricidae > member of 1853 E. Forbes & S. Hanley III. 386 This whelk [sc. Purpura lapillus] is called Dog-periwinkle on many parts of the coast.] 1856 P. H. Gosse II. 129 Purpura (Lamk.) Purple, or Dog-winkle. 1901 16 Dec. 3/1 The Tyrian purple of the ancients can be obtained from the common dog-winkle (Purpura lapillus). 1966 P. A. Morris (ed. 2) 87 Thais emarginata Desh. Emarginate Dogwinkle... Range: Bering Sea to Baja California. 2004 G. A. Hammerson iii. 18/2 (caption) Two intertidal predators, Atlantic dogwinkle..and Atlantic oyster drill. (b) Denoting insects which infest dogs. 1510 J. Stanbridge sig. D.j. The dog flee cynomia. 1741 J. Serenius 94/1 Hund-flusg, Dog-flea. 1841 XIX. 117/1 Other species..have received..the names of the species they attack, such as the dog flea (Pulex Canis). 1906 6 432 He draws attention to the disappearance of dog fleas in hot weather in Agra (India). 2002 June 30 Cat and dog fleas may be intermediate hosts for the dog tapeworm. 1552 R. Huloet Dogge tyke or louse, ricinus. 1763 R. Brookes IV. xiii. 280 The Acarus with a livid belly... Some authors call this the Dog Louse. 1885 38 455 As regards the specimens of Tænia cucumerina present, these owed their origin to dog-lice swallowed by the animal. a1933 J. A. Thomson (1934) I. xiii. 318 The dog harbours Trichodectus latus , to be distinguished from the true dog-louse, Haematopinus piliferus. 1977 G. Vevers tr. H. Mourier & O. Winding 41/1 Dog louse, Linognathus setosus... There is little chance of a human becoming infested with dog lice. 2001 G. C. McGavin 147 The Cattle Biting Louse (Bovicola bovis)..and the Dog Louse (Trichodectes canis)..can cause severe irritation to their hosts. 1542 T. Elyot Ricinus, a dogge tyke. 1668 W. Charleton 49 Ricinus..the Wood Teek, or, Dogs Teek. 1703 (Royal Soc.) 23 1363 I afterward examin'd the Snouts or Proboscis of Dog Ticks. 1849 2 No. 7. 373 My specimens were taken from the pointer, and were sent to me as the dog tick. 1911 4 190 One sees on Kaffirs a small red tick called the dog-tick, often mistaken for a bug. 2005 L. P. Case (ed. 2) xiv. 331 Ticks that commonly feed on dogs include the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, and the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis. c. In the names of plants, often denoting kinds considered inferior, worthless, or unfit for human consumption. See also dogberry n.1, dogwood n., etc. In this section, compounds with dog and those with dog's have been treated together as variants of one another.1889 Dogblow, in Nova Scotia, the ox-eye daisy, Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum. 1956 69 14 The American ‘standard’ Daisy is variously called:..in Scotland, Dog-Daisy and Gowan; in Nova Scotia, Dog-blow; [etc.]. 1597 J. Gerard iii. vii. 1113 Vpright Woodbinde or Honisuckle is called Periclymenum..: in high Dutch, Honds kirsen, that is to say, Canum cerasa, or Dog Cherries. 1745 R. James II Canum cerasa, Dog-cherries. A Species of Periclymenum, the same as Xylosteum. 1837 H. Murray et al. (rev. ed.) II. i. xvi. 151 The Mahaleb Cherry... The fruit, which is bitter, and called by the Tartars Dog cherry, is the principal ingredient employed for preparing ratafia and cherry brandy. 1863 R. C. A. Prior 68 Dogberry or Dog-cherry, the fruit of the Dogwood tree, misunderstood as referring to the quadruped. 1933 39 65 The original ‘dogwood’ was probably Cornus sanguinea... The plant is also called ‘dog-cherry’, ‘dog-berry’, and ‘houndsberry-tree’. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > daisy 1821 4 226 There grew..a herb like the green-sauce of England, a flower like the dog-daisy, and a yellow flower about eight or nine inches high. 1894 S. Baring-Gould I. 102 The meadows were white as with dog-daisies. 1937 J. Turle 149 The ox-eye daisy, or dog-daisy, is the flower dedicated to St. Barnabas, and there is hardly a meadow in England at midsummer where you will not find them. 1984 C. Kightly 128 You used to get all sorts [of weeds in cornfields]: thistles, of course, and dog-daisies—that's mayweed, but we used to call it ‘Stinking Nanny’. 1998 26 June 10/4 Lady Rothschild's experimental meadow..seemed..simply perfection: a sea of tall, feathery, swaying grass veiling the clear white and gold of buttercups and dog daisies. 1747 R. James ii. 160/1 Other Medicines corroborate the Kidneys... Of this kind are Dog-hips, Rob of Juniper, and dried Strawberries. 1809 J. Murray (ed. 2) IV. viii. ii. 303 Cranberries, whortleberries, birdcherries, and dog-hips, contain the citric, with little of the malic acid. 1853 G. Johnston I. 75 Rosa canina, Dog-Rose. Briar-Rose: the Dog-hep. 1892 R. O. Heslop at Dog-hips Dog-hips and cat-haws are commonly associated by children. the world > plants > particular plants > lichen > [noun] > other lichens 1853 2 369 (caption) Dog Lichen. 1906 9 263 Thus the dog lichen, our common Peltigera canina, was formerly supposed to be a curative of hydrophobia, hence the specific name. 1990 7 Apr. 42/4 Peltigera canina (dog lichen) has taken up residence. the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > fool's parsley 1633 T. Johnson (new ed.) ii. cdxxx. 1064 Thalius calls it Apium cicutarium:..Tabernamontanus, Petroselinum caninum; which name we may fitly make English, and call it Dogs-parsley. 1745 W. Ellis II. July 78 As I keep tame Rabbets, I am obliged to be very careful in preventing Hemlock being gathered, and given them, for Dog parsley. 1836 17 Dec. 423/1 Æthusa cynapium, or dog's parsley, is marked by spasmodic pain of the stomach, and difficulty of breathing. 2001 (Nexis) 10 Feb. 11 The poisonous weed fool's parsley was also thought to be an Anthriscus; it is now separately identified as Aethusa cynapium; its other name, as you would expect, is dog parsley. 1835 C. F. Partington I. 43/1 Æthusa Cynapium, common fool's parsley, lesser hemlock, or dog-poison, is a native of Great Britain. 1900 N. Blanchan 225 Fool's Parsley, or Cicely, or Dog-poison (AEthusa Cynapium), a European immigrant.., should be known only to be avoided. 1990 3 June (Home Entertaining Mag.) 6/2 The inedible ‘fool's parsley’ also looks like the flat-leafed kind, but has won the additional nickname of ‘dog's poison’ for obvious reasons. 2007 B. P. Lawton vii. 89 Aethusa cynapium (fool's parsley, dog poison, dog's parsley..). The epithet refers to an old genus. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorny berry-bush > [noun] > caper and allies 1567 J. Maplet f. 36 Capers..of some it is called Doggues Bremble, of other some Doggues Apple. 1688 R. Holme ii. iv. 69/2 The Caper..; it is called of the Physicians the purging herb; of some the Dogs bramble, or Dogs Apple. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. I. 154/2 The..Dog's-Wort Cotton..grows upon a Plant which the Botanists call Apocynum Cynocrambe, which signifies Dog's-Cabbage. 1773 W. Hanbury II. 302/1 Theligonum... There is only one species of this genus, commonly called Dog's Cabbage. 1822 S. Clarke II. 478 Purslane Thelygonum, Dog's Cabbage. Several stems, spreading, a span long, leafy, smooth, purplish. 1832 R. Mudie viii. 340 The perennial mercury, or ‘dog's cabbage’, said to be so called from dogs preferring it to any other plant, when they physic themselves with green vegetables. 1947 O. Percival 116 Mercurialis perennis, Dog's Mercury, Dog's Cabbage, Dog's Cole, Dog's Caul. 1951 (Royal Hort. Soc.) IV. 2098/1 Thelygonum... One species only T. Cynocrambe, Dog's Cabbage, is a hardy, slightly fleshy, procumbent, annual herb, common in the Mediterranean region. the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens ii. xxx. 186 The second kinde is now called..in English..Dogges Camomile. 1684 R. Sibbald i. ii. 17 Chamæmelum inodorum... Mayweed, or Dogs-Camomile. 1714 (Royal Soc.) 28 59 Yellow hoary Cape Camomil... Its leaves are very fine resembling Dogs Chamomil. 1829 S. Cooper (ed. 3) I. 169 Of the bitters, one of the most elegant, as well as most effectual, is the extract of chamomile. Yet the matricaria chamomilla, or dog's chamomile, seems to rival its powers. 2001 W. T. Parsons & E. G. Cuthbertson (ed. 2) 254 Anthemis cotula... Alternative names: dillweed, dog's camomile, dog-daisy. the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > dog's mercury 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens i. liv. 77 The wilde Mercury is called..in English..Dogges Call. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini 27 Mallows, Henbane, Dogs-caul, and other pernitious plants. 1727 Dog's cawl... The uncreeping Apocynon shoots forth great Twigs of an ill Scent. 1806 Mercorelia, dog's caul, an herb. 1947 O. Percival 116 Mercuralis perennis, Dog's Mercury, Dog's Cabbage, Dog's Cole, Dog's Caul. ?1783 (Gordon, Dermer, & Thomson, London) 105 Mesembryanthemum Ringens Canin: Dog's-chops. 1806 B. M'Mahon 623 Green-House Succulent and Herbaceous Perennial and Biennial Plants... Mesembryanthemum caninum. Dog's-chop. Fig-Marigold. 1947 O. Percival 75 Mesembryanthemum caninum, Dog-chop, Fig Marigold. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens ii. lvi. 222 The first kinde is called..in Latine..Testiculus canis, that is to say, Dogges Cullions, or Dogges coddes. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland 156 Dog Cods, or Cullions, various species of Orchis.—Lyte. 1994 D. Hendrick in R. Burt iii. 92 The orchis mascula..; its grosser names include the various references to testicles..(e.g.,..dog's cods, fool's cullions, and the like). the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens ii. lvi. 222 The first kinde is called..in Latine..Testiculus canis, that is to say, Dogges Cullions, or Dogges coddes. 1747 II Standergrass, is Dogs-Cullions; see Orchis. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland 156 Dog Cods, or Cullions, various species of Orchis.—Lyte. 1548 W. Turner sig. B.vjv Bulbine..maye be called in englishe dogges Leike. 1611 R. Cotgrave Porreau de chien, Dogs Leeke, wild Leeke, French Leek, Leeke of the Vine. 1772 L. de Saint Pierre ii. 130 There grows in vineyards a kind of wild Leek, called Vigne-Porette and Porreau de chien, or dog's leek. 1834 F. Adams tr. Paulus Ægineta I. lxxvi. 42 The dog-leek being wild, is drier than the common leek. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > foxglove and allied flowers > snapdragon 1824 H. Phillips II. 176 From its monopetalous corolla forming a mask, which resembles the face of an animal..it has..hence received various names, as Dog's Mouth, Lion's Snap, Toad's Mouth, and Snap-Dragon. 1926 27 Sept. 13/4 The snap-dragon, or Antirrhinum, is locally known as rabbit's mouth, bull dogs, lion's snap, toad's mouth, and dog's mouth. 1999 B. J. Ward 328 Besides snapdragon, former common rural English names include lion's snap, toad's mouth, calf's snout, and dog's mouth. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > Solomon's seal or star of Bethlehem 1548 W. Turner sig. E.vijv Ornithigalon is called in Colon Hondes vllich..after the folowynge of the duche tonge it maye be called dogleke or dogges onion. 1634 P. Holland tr. Pliny (new ed.) I. xxi. xvii. 99 The hearbe Ornithogale, i. Dogs onion, hath..a root halfe a foot long, the same is full of Bulbes like onions. 1706 (new ed.) at Ornithogale An Herb call'd Star of Bethlehem, or Dogs-Onion. 1947 O. Percival 80 Ornithogalum umbellatum, Eleven-o'-Clock-Lady, Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon, High Star of Bethlehem, Star of Ethiopia, Star-flower, Eye-of-Christ, Bird's-eye, Bird's-milk, Dog's Onion, Dove's-dung, Bread-of-Samaria. 1633 T. Johnson (new ed.) ii. dxxxi. 1256 Ruta Canina. Dogs rue. 1731 P. Miller I. at Scrophularia Figwort, commonly called Dogs Rue. 1773 W. Hanbury II. ccxcvii. 276 Common Fig-wort, or Dog's Rue. The stalk is slender, upright, four-cornered, and about two feet high. 1822 S. Clarke II. 119 S[crophularia] Canina. Wing-leaved Fig Wort, or Dog's Rue... South of Europe. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > ragwort 1767 J. Nelson 100 I do not fear the Man that can kill me, any more than I do him that can cut down a Dogstander [1795 dog-standard]. 1828 W. Carr (ed. 2) Dog-standard, Rag-wort. Senecio Jacobœa. 1840 J. C. Knowlson (ed. 2) 37 If you cannot procure Barberry bark, get a handful of ragwort, commonly called dog-standers, and boil it four minutes. 1888 F. A. Lees 292 (heading) Senecio Jacobæa L. Ragwort. ‘Dogstanders’. ‘Seggrum’. 1899 F. P. Thompson in (1900) II. 109/1 You see them yeller flowers; them's wot we used to call dog's standards. 2005 M. Tait & O. Tayler 122 This rather unfortunate effect has helped give the plant a number of rather derogatory names in various parts of the country, including:..Stinking nanny, Stinking Willie, Dog standard, [etc.]. 1845 20 Dec. 864/1 Will any of your correspondents inform me the most effectual way to eradicate the Dog Thistle? 1905 H. R. Haggard Aug. 272 In one field there were a good many Dog-thistles (‘Boar-thistles’ he called them) that should be cut away. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > brier or wild rose-bush > [noun] 1694 W. Westmacott 29 There is a confusion of names in botanical authours about Brambles, Briars..Dog-thorn, &c. 1707 tr. Plutarch 160 What is the Wooden Dog among the Locrians?.. The Dog-thorn, which Locrus..was prick'd with. and sorely pain'd with it. 1846 A. Pratt vi. 129 It [sc. the wilding rose] was called dog's rose and dog's thorn, because dogs are said to eat the hips. 1952 21 62 Dog-thorn (Rosa sempervirens). the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > grasses perceived as weeds > [noun] > couch-grass 1796 W. Withering (ed. 3) II. 174 Triticum caninum,..Dogs Wheat. Woods and hedges. 1861 J. E. Sowerby & C. Johnson 164 Triticum caninum. Bearded wheat grass. Dog-wheat. d. Compounds with dog's. See also Compounds 3b, Compounds 3c, and dogsbody n., dog's ear n., dog's letter n., dog's meat n., dog's nose n., dog's tail n., dog's tooth n.1892 J. Barlow vii. 175 Sullivan came along and gave him dog's abuse. 1954 24 July 7/6 Umpires, who..take on a difficult job for which there is no tangible reward for perfection, but only dogs' abuse for the slightest mistake. 2001 B. MacLaverty (2003) 92 It's the cursing I'm talking about. Giving everybody within earshot dog's abuse. Unadulterated effs and c's. the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > a long time 1833 ‘E. Elmwood’ xii. 110 You are the only..sensible man I have met with in a dog's age. 1919 T. K. Holmes v. 55 I don't get a letter once in a dog's age from any of them. 2006 (Nexis) 1 Oct. 178 You've been acting for a dog's age. You were in a Woody Allen film when you were a kid, weren't you? 1949 E. Partridge (ed. 3) 1033/2 Dog's ballocks, the typographical colon-dash (:—). c1986 in P. Brewis et al. (cassette tape sleeve notes) They are of the opinion that, when it comes to Italian opera, Pavarotti is the dog's bollocks. 1989 C. Donald et al. (title) Viz: the dog's bollocks: the best of issues 26 to 31. 1995 4 Oct. 7/1 Before Tony Blair's speech, a chap near me growled: ‘'E thinks 'e's the dog's bollocks.’ Well he's entitled to. It was a commanding speech: a real dog's bollocks of an oration. 2000 Oct. 51/3 You said you quite fancied Jon Bon Jovi. Yeah, Jon Bon Jovi is the dog's bollocks. the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a confused assemblage or mixture 1892 Ballymena Observer in (1900) III. 691/1 In a lump like a dog's breakfast, said of a heterogeneous heap of things. 1907 Feb. 21/2 The passenger train which went east yesterday morning looked like a dog's breakfast. There were a few Pullmans, a diner or two,..baggage, mail cars..mixed up for half a mile. 1915 13 Feb. 2/5 They abandoned the plan, went ahead in their own way, and have gotten their side all messed up, like a dog's breakfast. 1959 29 Apr. 10/4 He can't make head or tail of it... It's a complete dog's breakfast. 2004 Oct. 102/3 The 1974 record..is either the furthest-reaching concept album ever made, or the biggest dog's breakfast in the entire history of the state of California. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [noun] > cause of despair > a poor or faint hope 1890 17 Feb. 3/2 The people..had hounded me to the universe as a dishonest and disreputable person, without giving me so much as a dog's chance to clear myself. 1939 J. B. Priestley 50 Don't suppose I've got a dog's chance really, but I have to keep on trying. 2008 (Nexis) 18 July (Features section) 15 In the past, nobody who wasn't welcome in Dubrovnik would have had a dog's chance of getting into the place. the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a confused assemblage or mixture the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [noun] > instance or example of the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > ostentatious thing 1902 E. F. Benson i. 4 ‘Scraps only, scraps from other places. It always reminds me of a dog's dinner,’ said Lady Alston; ‘and all of us who live here are like scraps for a dog's dinner, too. Bits of things, remnants, a jumble sale.’ 1957 30 Mar. 6/5 There were such serious flaws that to amend it in the usual way might turn it into a ‘statutory dog's dinner’. 1971 J. Wainwright i. 35 North End is a dog's dinner of hovels, dives and drinking dens. 1996 M. Syal (1997) i. 19 What have you done to your hair, eh? Dog's dinner or what, aaar! 1998 N. Hornby (1999) xvi. 114 Though he didn't mind giving Marcus the odd can of Coke, he wasn't about to embroil himself in the sorry dog's dinner that was Marcus's life. 2004 25 Aug. 75/4 Hard to muster a coherent reading of this confused dog's dinner of a movie. the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused c1590 (1844) 1 Goe with me quietly, or Ile compell thee... Compell me, ye dogges face! 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer i. 213 Dogs-face, and Drunkard, Coward that thou art. 1756 (ed. 2) 192 Go home, you Rascal, and..let me see your Dog's Face no more. 1841 R. E. Landor v. iv. 301 Out, dog's-face! get thee gone, thou morris fool! 1956 tr. Lu Hsun I. 203 He pulled a long dog's face. 2005 W. Wall 4 He has a neat thin moustache, a big bony dog's face. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden i. 259 The Conqueror tooke away land both from God and men, to dedicate the same unto wild beasts and Dogs-game [L. canum lusibus]. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered nutrition > [noun] > excessive hunger 1592 Countess of Pembroke tr. P. de Mornay sig. B It is a dropsie (and as they tearme it) the dogs hunger: sooner may hee burst then be satisfied. 1631 S. Jerome viii. 58 The disease cald the Dogs hunger, alway eating but never satisfied. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes II. ii. iii. 123 She is gnawed by a dog's hunger that is never satisfied. 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller i. ii. 10 And those state-parasites, who have their feet So constantly beneath the Emperor's table, Who cannot let a benefice fall, but they Snap at it with dog's hunger. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > a twist or curl in a rope 1882 G. S. Nares (ed. 6) 134 Pass in the leech from the yard-arms and dog's-lug. 1984 J. Harland ix. 152/3 The dog's lug was laid along the yard, and the sail reefed as with the topsail. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [noun] > cause of despair > a poor or faint hope 1898 E. Dyson 179 I don't think you've got a dog's show. 1957 I. Cross (1958) vi. 46 I had to admire Bloody Jack for sitting on there even though he didn't have a dog's show of getting any fish. 2007 (Nexis) 29 June 6 Merino farming doesn't have a dog's show to compete with real estate. the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > an instance or period of > short or light 1560 T. Churchyard Pref. sig. ☩. ii/2 Some do immagyne Dauid Dicar to lye In doges sleape this Dremynge, eche man for to trye. 1682 tr. J. Goedaert 91 They are very fearfull, and rowl themselves up when touched, sleeping Doggs-sleep. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 184 in (1721) III. 150 A drowsy husband who..is represented to have slept what the common people call a dog's sleep; or if his sleep was real, his wife was awake. ?1750 i. iii. 16 Sleeping dog's sleep, he observed him constantly to go to her. 1896 Apr. 295/2 I had had no sleep for two nights on board the steamer—only a dog's sleep. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw > lowest or losing throw 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton I. i. vii. 128 I may well have the dog's letter in my mouth, since, whenever I play with you, I have the dog's throw in my hand. 1912 E. H. du Bois 83 The highest throw was three sixes, called the ‘Venus-throw’, and the lowest, three aces, the ‘Dog's throw’. 2006 D. G. Schwartz ii. 24 The worst possible throw, four ones, was known as ‘the dog's throw,’ and the best, known as the ‘Venus throw,’ had each astragalus showing a different value. the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > malicious trick the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil deed > [noun] 1742 J. Ayres iii. 31 Why looke there! I thought you wou'd contrive some Dog's Trick to plague me. 1762 L. Sterne Let. 14 June in (2009) 276 Let your portmanteau be tied at the forepart of your chaise for fear of a dog's trick. 1820 W. Scott II. 102 Many a dog's trick have I played old Lilias for want of something better to do. 1939 6 Nov. 4 If they [sc. the Nazis] did not have in the back of their minds the possibility of playing some dog's trick on France they would scarcely be taking so much pains to announce their sorrow over having to fight that country. society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > servile or menial work 1847 G. Lippard I. 140 ‘D'ye edit your paper, by yourself?’ ‘Bless you, no!..Whenever I find an author in extreme distress—rather out of pocket, you know?—I take him into my office; give him a dog's salary, and make him do a dog's work.’ 1851 Apr. 371/2 Am I to wear out all the poor remainder of my days in this dog's-work? 1912 E. F. Murphy xxii. 240 I like this better than copying, for copying is dog's work. 2005 D. M. Oshinsky ix. 152 Doing the dog's work that his betters refused to do. 1993 29 Mar. a13/1 Just ask that bloke over there. He's been driving for dog's years. 2000 A. Flottmann-Nilsson in B. Stanford-Smith & P. T. Kidd 289 An Internet year is like a dog's year—seven times quicker! 2009 D. Calame ii. 39 Dinner lasted a dog's year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). dogn.2 Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: god n. Etymology: Euphemistic alteration of god n., probably after dog n.1 Compare cock n.6, bob n.9, Gog n.1, etc.Compare doggone v. and discussion at that entry. colloquial. Now chiefly U.S.the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > name of > used in oaths or exclamations ?1550 R. Weaver sig. D.i By dogs precious woundes yt was som whorson villain. 1854 T. C. Haliburton III. xxv. 284 Dog rot him if he could call the varmint by name. 1858 29 May 342/2 ‘Jest half a hour ahead,’ remarked old Hickman, as he rose erect after examining the tracks..‘jest half a hour—dog darn 'em’. 1867 5 Oct. 159/3 Dog darn my skin..if I'm going to stand this slight to my country! 1894 6 379/1 Why, dog blast my lasso, boys, If it aint Denver Jim that's corraled here at last. 1934 Z. N. Hurston ii. 37 Dog damn! Boy you're almost as big as I am. 1962 ‘A. Burgess’ iv. vii. 190 Dog damn and blast it. 2005 A. Coren 148 ‘Dog Almighty!’ cried the customer. ‘I can see the bloody things on the shelf behind.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dogv.1Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: dog n.1 Etymology: < dog n.1It has been suggested that the following isolated (and disputed) Old English attestation of dogode , apparently a past tense of an otherwise unattested weak Class II verb *dogian , shows an early figurative use of the word in sense ‘to follow persistently (in thought)’ (compare sense 1a):OE Wulf & Eadwacer 9 Wulfes ic mines widlastum wenum dogode.However, the word has been explained alternatively as a scribal error for hogode , past tense of hogian how v.1 (see further A. L. Klinck Old Eng. Elegies (1992) 171–2 for a summary of these and other suggested explanations). 1. the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow [verb (transitive)] > pursue > pursue closely 1519 W. Horman xxxi. f. 256 Our ennemyes..dogged vs at the backe [L. a tergo instabat]. 1583 J. Foxe (ed. 4) II. 2082/1 As they iornyed towardes London..[they] fell in company with a promoter, which dogged them and followed them again to Grauesend. 1608 R. Tofte in tr. L. Ariosto iv. 64 (note) Many Italians vse to dog their wiues when they goe abroad, the poore women not thinking that their husbands do watch them as they doe. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. ii. 72 I haue dogg'd him like his murtherer. 1676 W. Wycherley v. i The Bayliffs dog'd us hither to the very door. 1711 R. Steele No. 136. ⁋3 I have been three Nights together dogged by Bravoes. 1750 S. Johnson No. 16. ⁋12 Eleven painters are now dogging me, for they know that he who can get my face first will make his fortune. 1834 T. Pringle viii. 257 A lion was..dogging us through the bushes the whole way home. 1851 W. H. Dixon x. 336 Spies and informers dogged his footsteps. 1960 12 Dec. 6 The husband of the girl faced..the rejected suitor who had been dogging them with his knife. 1993 12 Jan. 33/2 For months, he'd been dogging the youth's every move... He headed for the bathroom but the stepfather followed him. 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello f. 110 The sleighte of your enemies and malice of fortune, haue dogged you..since your comming to Mantua. 1597 W. Shakespeare v. iii. 137 Destruction strait shal dog them at the heeles. View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Milton 14 I feare the dred events that dog them both. 1796 R. Southey v. 174 Famine dogs their footsteps. 1849 28 Sept. 4 Four hundred [emigrants] had perished from cholera, which dogged their path. a1859 T. B. Macaulay (1861) V. 245 Envy such as dogged Montague through a long career. 1878 19 266/2 The money-trouble, which..dogged his steps through life. 1985 N. Herman 61 The garden..seemed a lovely place to play and shake off the endless worries that were always dogging me. 2002 May 98/1 A fascinating display of letters from people dogged by ill luck. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > haunt [verb (transitive)] 1600 iii. sig. F1 My mistresse dogs the banket, and I dog her. 1602 J. Marston iii. v. sig. G Assume disguise, and dog the Court In fained habit. the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > follow behind [verb (intransitive)] > follow closely the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > persevere or persist [verb (intransitive)] 1519 W. Horman xxxi. f. 265 They cam doggynge at the tayle of our host. 1645 A. Rivers tr. Philo 13 Griping penury Dogging at the heeles of prodigality. 1692 R. L'Estrange cv. 99 This put him into such a Rage, to lye Dogging at his Prayers so much, and so Long, to so Little Purpose. 1807 J. Moser in 10 7 Should constables dog at our heels. 1837 C. A. Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes I. 6 I..will not hold my tongue, Unless you tell me, why on earth we're dogging. 1864 Dec. 40/2 She has gone on teaching at Pilkstown, and I have dogged on with Hall. 1880 W. D. Howells Let. 28 July in (1979) II. 263 I am wasting the summer: dogging away at a story that I shall probably never finish. 1912 W. Boyle iii. 52 Sick he'll be and laid up with the lot of you dogging at him—prodding him on and gouging him—poor fellow! 1997 (Nexis) 26 July c7 The shadow of an incomplete federal investigation still dogging at his heels. 2004 (Nexis) 17 Feb. c1 Dogging after the puck..Mayers got it and flung it toward the net. 3. the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (transitive)] 1591 Bottesford (Lincs.) Manor Rec. (MS.) in E. Peacock (1889) [William Elvysh was fined for] dogging beast vicinorum super communem pasturam. a1624 Bp. M. Smith (1632) 201 While the Vrchin [sc. hedgehog] keeps himselfe close in the bottome of an hedge, hee is either not espied, or contemned, but when he creepes forth to sucke the Cowe, he is dogged, and chopped in. 1794 T. Stone 62 [Sheep] being over-heated in being..dogged to their confinement. 1840 H. Cleeve in 1 iii. 298 Others have dogged the animal, and worried it to exhaustion. 1861 H. Bushnell ii. ii. 249 He may dog his children possibly into some kind of conformity with his opinions. 1884 21 Feb. (Police Courts) George and William Brown..were charged..with dogging a flock of sixty-one sheep... One sheep was bleeding copiously from bites. 1974 27 Feb. 9 Dogging deer is one of the methods used by poachers. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ II. l. 180 We'll dog out the rats now! 1877 F. Ross et al. 55 Dog-oot-ov, to obtain by persistent importunity. 1936 M. Allingham ix. 140 Someone murdered him very neatly indeed... Our astute friends..dogged that much out all right. 1998 (Nexis) 12 Aug. 11 Her lurid version of dogging out a fox are also wide of the mark. the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > hunt specific animal [verb (intransitive)] 1910 C. E. W. Bean 55 A man is generally kept dogging, and the boundary rider gets a few pounds out of occasional scalps. 1923 J. Armour 152 He would be able to take out provisions at the same time to..some men who were ‘dogging’ in the back country. 1978 D. Stuart 135 Spent a couple of years dogging, and if trapping dingoes wasn't real bushman's work, nothing was. 4. society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > clamp 1591 in J. L. Glasscock (1882) 65 iiij li. of leade to dog the stones together of ye steple windowe. 1879 15 Oct. We can dog directly into the hardest knot in the heaviest timber and hold the log perfectly safe and true. 1886 G. W. Hotchkiss in XXI. 345/2 When the log reached the carriage it was dogged..by the simple movement of a lever. 1973 29 Mar. 47/3 Only two logs are good enough to dog up and tow. 1987 M. Kochanski (1988) vii. 195 Hew the boards by leaning them against a tree..or ‘dog’ the logs horizontally to bed logs to hew them. 1610 W. Folkingham i. ix. 21 Whynnes, Broome, &c...being..rooted vp by dogging or grubbing. 1847 A. C. Key 24 Another purchase was..lashed round the sheerhead..and its lower block was dogged on. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Dogged, a mode of attaching a rope to a spar or cable, in contradistinction to racking, by which slipping is prevented; half-hitched and end stopped back, is one mode. 1976 P. Kemp 256/1 Dog, to, the operation of backing the tail of a block with several turns around a stay or shroud... This is one way of clapping on a purchase where additional hauling power is required. a1661 T. Fuller (1662) Somerset 18 The Ancient Romans, when first (instead of manning,) they Dogged their Capitol. 1721 N. Amhurst 14 June The Collectors..having it in their Power to dispose of all the Schools and Days in what manner they please..great Application is made to them for gracious Days and good Schools, but especially to avoid being posted or dogged. 1721 N. Amhurst 14 June The first Column and the last Column..(which contain the Names of those who are to come up the first Day and the last Day, and which is called Posting and Dogging) are esteemed very scandalous.] the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > watch or keep guard over [verb (transitive)] > as a dog 1818 H. H. Milman i. 281 Ah generous King! That sets the emaciate wolf to dog the flock; The hawk to guard the dovecote. 8. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). Now esp. in sporting contexts. the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > act half-heartedly 1905 R. Beach i. 8 I expected to see the youngster dog it. 1928 R. J. Tasker xvi. 196 He hoped to goad me into action. ‘Go ahead and use that shiv—don't dog it—come on and do something.’ 1966 H. Marriott xx. 189 I made up my mind I'd do little or nothing for quite a while... So I just dogged it for several months. 1983 A. Alvarez vii. 100 Most guys playing for that kind of money will dog it, but Doyle's got no fear. 1998 9 Apr. (Sport section) 10/2 He was consistent. He never dogged it. And that says a lot about somebody, to be able to say that you never gave in once. the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute about [verb (transitive)] > do something half-heartedly 1930 5 239 He dogged his work wherever possible. 1955 R. Graziano & R. Barber 144 I hear you're dogging the fights in the amateurs. 1976 27 June f1/4 I played aggressively for two or three holes, conservatively for 10 or 12 and the others I just dogged. 2004 (Nexis) 29 Feb. 3 It's another reason why McVeigh couldn't deal with inept excuses from players dogging their work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dogv.2 Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymology: Euphemistic alteration of damn v., after dog n.2, doggone v. slang (originally U.S.). 1835 J. Hall 58 ‘I'll be dogged if I don't save one of them,’ added another. 1860 J. R. Bartlett (ed. 3) Dogged, a euphemistic oath; as, ‘I'll be dogged if I do it’. 1946 S. J. Perelman 174 ‘Well, dog my cats!’ I exclaimed, struck all of a heap. 1998 F. Flagg 226 The trooper was intrigued. ‘A plume. Well, I'll be dogged.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1OE n.2?1550v.11519 v.21835 |
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