DOGFISH
DOGFISH, noun A name given to several species of shark, as the spotted shark or greater dogfish the piked dogfish etc.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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DOGFLY
DOGFLY, noun A voracious, biting fly.
DOGGED
DOGGED, participle passive1. Pursued closely; urged frequently and importunately.2.adjective Sullen; sour; morose; surly; severe.
DOGGEDLY
DOGGEDLY, adverb Sullenly; gloomily; sourly; morosely; severely.
DOGGEDNESS
DOGGEDNESS, noun Sullenness; moroseness.
DOGGER
DOGGER, noun A Dutch fishing vessel used in the German ocean, particularly in the herring fishery. It is equipped with two masts, a main-mast and a mizen-mast, somewhat resembli...
DOGGEREL
DOGGEREL, adjective An epithet given to a kind of loose, irregular measure in burlesque poetry, like that of Hudibras; as doggerel verse or rhyme.DOGGEREL, noun A loose, irregul...
DOGGERMAN
DOGGERMAN, noun A sailor belonging to a dogger.
DOGGERS
DOGGERS, noun In English alum works, a sort of stone found in the mines with the true alum-rock, containing some alum.
DOGGING
DOGGING, participle present tense [from dog.] Hunting; pursuing incessantly or importunately.
DOGGISH
DOGGISH, adjective Like a dog; churlish; growling; snappish; brutal.
DOGHEARTED
DOGHEARTED, adjective Cruel; pitiless; malicious.
DOGHOLE
DOGHOLE, noun A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation.
DOGHOUSE
DOGHOUSE, noun A kennel for dogs.
DOGKENNEL
DOGKENNEL, noun A kennel or hut for dogs.
DOGLEACH
DOGLEACH, noun A dog-doctor.
DOGLOUSE
DOGLOUSE, noun An insect that is found on dogs.
DOGLY
DOGLY, adjective Like a dog. [Not in use.]
DOGMA
DOGMA, noun [Gr., to think; Latin] A settled opinion; a principle, maxim or tenet; a doctrinal notion, particularly in matters of faith and philosophy; as the dogmas of the chur...
DOGMATIC
DOGMATIC, DOGMATICAL, a.1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to settled opinion.2. Positive; magisterial; asserting or disposed to assert with authority or with overbearing and arroganc...
DOGMATICAL
DOGMATIC, DOGMATICAL adjective1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to settled opinion.2. Positive; magisterial; asserting or disposed to assert with authority or with overbearing and ar...
DOGMATICALLY
DOGMATICALLY, adverb Positively; in a magisterial manner; arrogantly.
DOGMATICALNESS
DOGMATICALNESS, noun The quality of being dogmatical; positiveness.
DOGMATISM
DOGMATISM, noun Positive assertion; arrogance; positiveness in opinion.
DOGMATIST
DOGMATIST, noun A positive asserter; a magisterial teacher; a bold or arrogant advancer of principles.
DOGMATIZE
DOGMATIZE, verb intransitive To assert positively; to teach with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance.Men often dogmatize most, when they are least supported by ...
DOGMATIZER
DOGMATIZER, noun One who dogmatizes; a bold assertor; a magisterial teacher.