dog flower

Bot.: Chrysanthemum leu can the mum. ( Britten & Holland. ) dog-fox, s. 1. Lit .: A male fox. "Seldom lovers long for sleep, Till sung his midnight hymn the owl, Answered the dog - fox with his howl." Scott: Lord of the Isles, iii. 26. *2. Fig .: A crafty, cunning fellow. "Empirics that will undertake all cures, yet know not the causes of any disease. Dog - leaches ."-Ford: Lover's Melancholy, iv. 2.