(A). A beadle who whips all dogs from the precincts of a church. At one time there was a church officer so called. Even so recently as 1856. Mr. John Pickard was appointed “dog-whipper”…
(A). A man of relentless, savage disposition is sometimes so called. A “bull-dog courage” is one that flinches from no danger. The “bull-dog” was the dog formerly used in bull-baiting.…
(triticum repens). Grass eaten by dogs when they have lost their appetite; it acts as an emetic and purgative. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dog-headDog-…
(A). A dog—doctor. Formerly applied to a medical practitioner; it expresses great contempt. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dog-roseDog-Latin A B C D E…
(A). A pretended sleep. Dogs seem to sleep with “one eye open.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dog-starDog-sick A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O…
The brightest star in the firmament. (See Dog-Days.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dog-vaneDog-sleep A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R…
(A). A cockade. “Dog-vane is a term familiarly applied to a cockade.” —Smyth: Sailors' Word-book. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dog-watchDog-star A B C…
Food unfit for consumption by human beings. Dogs'-meat and cats'-meat. Food cheap and nasty. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dog's-noseDogs A B C D E…
Gin and beer. `Dog's-nose, which is, I believe, a mixture of gin and beer.' `So it is,' said an old lady. —Pickwick Papers. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
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