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transitive. To fasten or secure by means of a dog (see dog, n.1 18 19a). Also intransitive: to penetrate or secure with a dog.
transitive. To make fast with a clamp or clamps.
To fasten (a piece of work on the spindle of a lathe) with a clamp. rare.