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A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge. Largo tupelo, or Tupelo gum (Bot.), an American tree (Nyssa uniflora) with softer wood than the tu…

A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.

To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals. Sir T. Herbert.

A howling, as of a dog or wolf; a wailing. He may fright others with his ululation. Wither.

To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars.

To remove the covers from dishes, or the like. Uncover, dogs, and lap. Shak.

A growth of short hair or fur partially concealed by a longer growth; as, a dog's undercoat.

Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.

ving received the sacrament. [Obs.] [Written also unhouselled.] To die like the houseless dog on yonder common, unshriven and unhouseled. Sir W. Scott.

Not having the claws and balls of the forefeet cut off; -- said of dogs.

To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to release; as, to unleash dogs.

Not wormed; not having had the worm, or lytta, under the tongue cut out; -- said of a dog.

The council held under Pope Pius IX. in Vatican at Rome, in 1870, which promulgated the dogma of papal infallibility.

few or no ducts in the woody fiber, and the seeds naked. 2. Monocotyledons (called also Endogens). -- Seeds with single cotyledon. Stems with slender bundles of woody fiber not concentrically arranged, and with no true bark.} II. Cryptogamia.

rtion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.

A quantity; a goodly number. [Scot.] "A wheen other dogs." Sir W. Scott.

coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as food in Europe. Whelk tingle, a dog whelk. See under Dog.

One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps. "A bear robbed of her whelps." 2 Sam. xvii. 8.

To send, signal, or call by a whistle. He chanced to miss his dog; we stood still till he had whistled him up. Addison. To whistle off. (a) To dismiss by a whistle; -- a term in hawking. "AS a long-winged hawk when he is first whistled off the fist, mounts aloft." Burton. (b) Hence, in general, to turn loose; to abando…

To snarl or growl, as a dog. Halliwell.