dogmatist (dogmatist)

[= F. dogmatiste Sp. Pg. dogmatist a, He who is certain, or presumes to say he knows, is in that particular, whether he is mistaken or in the right, a dogmatist . Shaftesbury, Misc. Reflections. The most unflinching sceptic of course believes in the objections to knocking his head against a post as implicitly as the most audacious dogmatist. Leslie Stephen , Eng. Thought, i. § 57. 2. [ cap.] One of a sect of ancient physicians founded by Hippo crates, and named in contradistinction to Empirics ics and Methodists. They based their practice on conclusions or opinions drawn from certain theoretical inferences which they considered might be logically defended or proved. 1. The popular name of the plant Apocynum androsæmifolium. The root is intensely bitter, and has been used in America as a substitute for ipecacuanha. See Apocупит. 2. The Aconitum Cynoctonum. dog's-body (dogz'bod i), n. A name given by seamen to a pease-pudding boiled in a cloth. dog's-chop (dogz'chop), n. A species of fig marigold, Mesembrianthemum caninum. dog's-ear (dogz'ēr), n. 1. The corner of a leaf in a book bent over like the ear of a dog by carele use.-2. Naut., the bight formed in the leech-rope of a topsail or course in reefing. dog's-ear (dogz'er), v. t. [ Sheridan, The Rivals, i. 2. life on the little bare desk, and got its pages dog's -eared A "register," meagerly inscribed, led a terribly public before they were covered. H. James , Jr. , The Boston i ans, xxxv. dog's-fennel, dog-fennel (dogz'-, dog'fen"el), n. matize + -ation.] The act of dogmatizing; the act of drawing up or stating in a dogmatic form. Also spelled dogmatisation. The syllabus is part of that series of acts to which the over the interval between them. dogmatizations of 1854 and 1870 also belong, and it bridges some resemblance of its leaf to that of fennel. dog's-gra (dogz'grás), n. Same as dog - gra , dog's-guts (dogz'guts), n. A fish of the family Synod on tid a, Harpodon nehereus: same as bum malo. dog-shark (dog'shärk), n. A scyllioid shark, (a groan, and "so it is," from an elderly female). Dickens , Pickwick Papers, xxxii. The sergeant rose as Philip fell back, and brought up his own mug of beer, into which a noggin of gin had been put (called in Yorkshire dog's nose). Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, xxxiv. dog's-tail gra . See gra . dog-star (dog'stär), n. Sirius or Canicula, a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Major, the heliacal rising of which (see heliacal) occurring in the hottest part of the year gave name to the dog-days (which see). See also Canicula, and cut under Canis. The Dog - star rages! nay, 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parna us, is let out. Pope, Prol. to Satires, 1. 3. IMG:content-2990.png:[blocks in formation]