dog

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a marmot, Cynomys ludovicianus, once common on the southern prairies.

See: prairie dog(def. 2)

Quotations

1853

The "dogs" live in large settlements, many hundreds of them in one place.

2n.

a large salmon of the Pacific coast, Oncorhynchus keta.

1916

The spring, the cohoe, dog and hump-back varieties are inferior to the sockeye in quality and numbers.

3†n. — Lumbering

See log dog 1947 quote.

1918

Dare is notting lak a jog
Do'n dat mo'nta'n on a log
Clinging to an iron dog,
Hully gee!

1956

These were . . . doggers who drove in dogs and linked the logs together [so that they could be hauled in a string]. . . .