doge

[Ital. doge, dogio = a captain, a doge, a provincial form of duce, duca; Lat. ducem, acc us. of dux a general; duco =to lead.] The chief magistrate of the republics of Venice and Genoa. The first doge of Venice was Anafesto Paululio, elected 697; the last Luigi Manin, in 1797. The first doge of Genoa was Simone Boccanegra, in 1339. IMG:content-0329.png:[blocks in formation] 1498 dogged-ne , s . [Eng. dogged , a.; -ne .] 1. The quality of being dogged; sourne , morosene , ill-humor, gloomine . "Your doggedne and niggardize flung from ye." Beaum. & Flet.: Spanish Curate, iv. 7. 2. Obstinacy, sullen persistency. dog-ger (1), s. [Dutch dogger - boot =a fishing boat: dogger =a cod, and boot =a boat.] Naut.: A two-masted fishing-ve el with bluff bows, used on the Dogger Bank, an extensive shoal in the center of the North Sea. It is about eighty tons burden, and has a well in the middle to bring fish alive to shore. *dogger fish, s. Fish brought in ships. ( Whar ton.) IMG:content-0330.jpg:[blocks in formation] "The most uncommon variety of tin is incumbent on a coarse ironstone, or doggar." -Ure: Hist. Rut her glen, p. 253. dog'-ger-el, *dog-er-el, dog-grel, a. & s. [Etymol. unknown.] A. As adj .: An epithet originally applied to verses of a loose, irregular measure, such as those in Hudi bras ; now applied generally to loose, mean verses, destitute alike of meaning and rhythm; mean, dog'-fish, s. [Eng. dog, and fish.] Ichthyology: 1. ( Sing .): The name given to any species of the genus Scyllium, the type of the family Scylliide. Dogfish are like small sharks, but have the anal fin nearer the head than the second dorsal one. They are, moreover, oviparous. Of the known species, which are about eleven, the Small-spotted Dogfish ( Scyllium canicula ), the Large-spotted Dogfish ( S. catulus ), and the Black-mouthed Dogfish (S. melanos to mum) are the best known. The egg cases are curious bodies, like purses, barrows, or cradles, rectangular in form, and furnished at each angle with long filamentous proce es. They are popularly known as Mermaids purses, Sea purses, . 2. ( Pl .): The name given to the family Scylliidse (q. v.).