DOG

Dog ( n. ) - A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.

Dog ( n. ) - A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.

Dog ( n. ) - A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.

Dog ( n. ) - A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.

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

Dog ( n. ) - An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.

Dog ( n. ) - An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.

Dog ( n. ) - One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).

Dog ( v. t. ) - To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.