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A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

A male or drone bee. Halliwell.

One of the dog days. Dogday cicada (Zoöl.), a large American cicada (C. pruinosa), which trills loudly in midsummer.

eptember; canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer.

One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.

Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, a Canis Majoris. See Dog days.

See Dogbane.

The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog. Gray. -- Dog's"-eared`, a. Cowper.

A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; -- called also goldseed.

Hound's-tongue.

The dog-rose.

y careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book. Statute books before unopened, not dog-eared. Ld. Mansfield.

Having a face resembling that of a dog. Dog-faced baboon (Zoöl.), any baboon of the genus Cynocephalus. See Drill.

A male fox. See the Note under Dog, n.,

Having a head shaped like that of a dog; -- said of certain baboons.

Inhuman; cruel. Shak.

Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole.

A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.

Extremely weary. Shak.

Of or pertaining to a doge.[R.]