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In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race. [Written also Esquimau.] Eskimo dog (Zoöl.), one of breed of large and powerful dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.

A heathen; a pagan. [Obs.] No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs. Milton.

Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous.

arriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy. Lubbock.

d-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen. Gray.

Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of endogenous.

To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer.

ntly, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.

or objects; hence, one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird fancier, dog fancier, etc.

erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider. Since I am a dog, beware my fangs. Shak.

To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon. You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. Shak. Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. Milton. Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. Macaulay.…

The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.

a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.

It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel, and is used as a pot herb. -- Dog's fennel (Anthemis Cotula), a foul-smelling European weed; -- called also mayweed. -- Fennel flower (Bot.), an herb (Nigella) of the Buttercup family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. N.Damascena is com…

A dog keeper. [Obs.] Massinger.

A small dog; -- written also fise, fyce, fiste, etc. [Southern U.S.]

. -- Fire cross. See Fiery cross. [Obs.] Milton. -- Fire damp. See under Damp. -- Fire dog. See Firedog, in the Vocabulary. -- Fire drill. (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice. (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; -- used by th…

The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.)

A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia.

The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter. Black flag. See under Black. -- Flag captain, Flag leutenant, etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer. -- Flag officer, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore. -- Flag of truse, a white flag carried or displayed to…