WATER DOG

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A dog accustomed to the water, or trained to retrieve waterfowl. Retrievers, waters spaniels, and Newfoundland dogs are so trained.

2.
n.

The menobranchus.

3.
n.

A small floating cloud, supposed to indicate rain.

4.
n.

A sailor, esp. an old sailor; an old salt. [Colloq.]