dog standard, dog stander

Bot.: The plant Ragwort. dog-star, s. 1. Astron.: Sirius, the principal star in the constellation Canis Major. (CANICULA.] 2. Fig .: One who occupies the chief place, or takes a prominent position in any company or society. "The female dog - star of her little sky, Where all beneath her influence droop or die." Byron: A Sketch. dog-stealing, s . The offense of stealing a dog, aiding and abetting others in doing so, or corruptly taking money for the animal's recovery. In most States of the Union this offense is not punishable at law unle the animal stolen be a e ed and taxed by the state-dogs being under other circum stances feræ naturæ. dog-stopper, s. Naut.: A stopper put on to the cable to enable it to be bitted, or to permit the me enger to be fleeted. ( Britten & Holland .)