dog grass (doggras)

A coarse gra , Agro pyrum caninum, resembling couch-gra , but with fibrous roots and longer awns. Also dog's gra , dog-wheat. dog-grate (dog'grāt), n. A fire-grate of the general shape of a basket, supported on firedogs or andirons. A grate with standards, which we still call a dog-grate. G. T. Robinson, in Art Journal, 1881. doggrel (dog'rel), a. and n. See doggerel. doggyl (dog'i), a. [ Pack hence, doggye rakhels! Stan i hurst , Æneid, i. 145. shales, and sandstones, frequently containing iron ore, as is the case in England.