dogwatch (dogwoch)

Naut., a watch of two hours, arranged so as to alter the watches kept from day to day by each division of the crew. The first dog-watch is from 4 to 6 р. м., the second from 6 to 8 P. M. See watch. As the dog - watches come during twilight, after the day's work is done, and before the night-watch is set, they are the watches in which everybody is on deck. R. H. Dana , Jr. , Before the Mast, p. 14. dog-weary (dog'wer"i), a. [Early mod. E. also dogge- wearie .] Very tired; much fatigued; dog tired. O master, master, I have watch'd so long That I am dog - weary . Shak., T. of the S., iv. 2. dog-whelk (dog'hwelk), n. A popular Eng Dog-whelk (Na a arcularia). lish name of univalve shells of the genus Na a, as N. reticulata or N. arcularia.