† dog-headn.

Forms: see dog n.¹ and head n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dog n.¹, head n.¹

Etymology: < dog n.¹ + head n.¹ With sense 1a compare dog n.¹ 21. With sense 1b compare dog nail n. In sense 2 after classical Latin cynocephalus (see cynocephalus n.); compare dogshead n.

Obsolete.

a. Part of the lock of a gun; the cock.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > lock > hammer

hammer1590

dog-head1601

doga1679

striker1824

1601 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1884) 1st Ser. VI. 261 He, with the dogheid of his uther pistolet gaif his sone a deidlie straik upoun the heid.

1692 in A. W. C. Hallen Acct. Bk. Sir J. Foulis (1894) 149 A fizenaill to the doghead of my gun.

1812 Sporting Mag. 39 65 A piece of steel kept firm by the screw of the doghead.

1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vii. 123 Ye stand there hammering dog-heads for fules that will never snap them at a Highlandman.

1851 Times 17 Sept. 5/4 The action of the doghead carries out from the chamber..this cheap and self-acting substitute for the ordinary gun apparatus, which is a vast economy in expense.

1895 A. Paterson Man of his Word 146 Kirk had taken a loaded rifle..and drawn the dog-head back to the full.

b. The head of a nail or spike formed by a shoulder bent at a right angle. Cf. dog nail n. rare.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > parts of nails

rivet1392

nail head1440

shank1483

clench1598

clinch1725

dog-head1793

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) Pl. xii Bars in the angles..whose dog-heads lay hold of the base of the iron work.

2. = dog-faced baboon n. at dog-faced adj. Compounds; also dog-head monkey. Cf. dogshead n. 2.Chiefly in glosses of Latin cynocephalus.

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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)

dogshead1591

cynocephalus1601

dog-head1607

dog-apea1616

cynocephalist1656

dog-faced baboon1790

mottled baboon1800

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 10 Cynocephales, are a kinde of Apes whose heads are like Dogges..wherefore Gaza translateth then [sic] Canicipites, that is: Dog-heads.

1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams 558/2 The Oorang-ootang, or baboon; called by the ancients Cynocephalus or Dog-head, having a head somewhat resembling a dog's.

1851 Encycl. Americana I. 506/2 Baboon... This genus is the cynocephalus, or dog-head monkies of modern naturalists.

1869 Debow's Rev. June 482 The baboon has a head not unlike a bulldog, and was called by the ancients canocephalus, or dog-head.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	dog-head
释义	† dog-headn. Forms: see dog n.¹ and head n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dog n.¹, head n.¹ Etymology: < dog n.¹ + head n.¹ With sense 1a compare dog n.¹ 21. With sense 1b compare dog nail n. In sense 2 after classical Latin cynocephalus (see cynocephalus n.); compare dogshead n. Obsolete. 1. a. Part of the lock of a gun; the cock. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > lock > hammer hammer1590 dog-head1601 doga1679 striker1824 1601 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1884) 1st Ser. VI. 261 He, with the dogheid of his uther pistolet gaif his sone a deidlie straik upoun the heid. 1692 in A. W. C. Hallen Acct. Bk. Sir J. Foulis (1894) 149 A fizenaill to the doghead of my gun. 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 65 A piece of steel kept firm by the screw of the doghead. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vii. 123 Ye stand there hammering dog-heads for fules that will never snap them at a Highlandman. View more context for this quotation 1851 Times 17 Sept. 5/4 The action of the doghead carries out from the chamber..this cheap and self-acting substitute for the ordinary gun apparatus, which is a vast economy in expense. 1895 A. Paterson Man of his Word 146 Kirk had taken a loaded rifle..and drawn the dog-head back to the full. b. The head of a nail or spike formed by a shoulder bent at a right angle. Cf. dog nail n. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > parts of nails rivet1392 nail head1440 shank1483 clench1598 clinch1725 dog-head1793 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) Pl. xii Bars in the angles..whose dog-heads lay hold of the base of the iron work. 2. = dog-faced baboon n. at dog-faced adj. Compounds; also dog-head monkey. Cf. dogshead n. 2.Chiefly in glosses of Latin cynocephalus. ΘΚΠ 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) dogshead1591 cynocephalus1601 dog-head1607 dog-apea1616 cynocephalist1656 dog-faced baboon1790 mottled baboon1800 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 10 Cynocephales, are a kinde of Apes whose heads are like Dogges..wherefore Gaza translateth then [sic] Canicipites, that is: Dog-heads. 1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams 558/2 The Oorang-ootang, or baboon; called by the ancients Cynocephalus or Dog-head, having a head somewhat resembling a dog's. 1851 Encycl. Americana I. 506/2 Baboon... This genus is the cynocephalus, or dog-head monkies of modern naturalists. 1869 Debow's Rev. June 482 The baboon has a head not unlike a bulldog, and was called by the ancients canocephalus, or dog-head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1601
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