(n.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).
(n.) A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
(n.) A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.
(n.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).
(n.) An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.
(n.) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.
(n.) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.
(n.) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.
(v. t.) To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.
Example Sentences:
(1) We conclude that chronic emphysema produced in dogs by aerosol administration of papain results in elevated pulmonary artery pressure, which is characterized pathologically by medial hypertrophy of small pulmonary arteries.
(2) The combined immediate and delayed responses to fleas in the dog are as observed by other investigators in man and guinea pigs.
(3) In dogs, cibenzoline given i.v., had no effects on the slow response systems, probably because of sympathetic nervous system intervention since the class 4 effects of cibenzoline appeared after beta-adrenoceptor blockade.
(4) It was shown in experiments on four dogs by the conditioned method that the period of recovery of conditioned activity after one hour ether anaesthesia tested 7 to 7.5 days.
(5) Dialysis of dog plasma against an artificial c.s.f.
(6) For similar inotropic responses, normo- and hyperkalaemic dogs had similar levels of (Na+, K+)-ATPase inhibition and microsomal-bound digoxin.
(7) Complete heart block was produced in 20 of 20 dogs.
(8) The dog and the pig also have an endoperoxide-sensitive constrictor system activated by the 11,9-(epoxymethano) analogue of PGH2 and, of particular note, ICI 79939 and its 11-oxo analogue.
(9) All of this in the same tones of weary nonchalance you might use to stop the dog nosing around in the bin.
(10) One hundred and twelve dogs, including twenty C3-deficient dogs, were studied over a period of 6 years.
(11) From the present results it is concluded that secretion of extrapancreatic glucagon increased in response to arginine infusion in the diabetic state, both alloxan diabetic dogs and one-week post-pancreatectomized dogs.
(12) The effect of pO(2) was studied in a further nine dogs.
(13) The effects of tachycardia caused by ectopic right or left ventricular stimulation on ventricular recovery potentials were studied in 30 dogs.
(14) Stimulation with these electrodes were effective for inducing voiding with little residual volume after the recovery of bladder reflexes, 3 weeks after experimental spinal cord injury in the dog.
(15) A neodymium YAG (Nd:YAG) laser was evaluated in a dog ulcer model used in the same manner as is recommended for bleeding patients (power 55 W, divergence angle 4 degrees, with CO2 gas-jet assistance).
(16) Hollywood legend has it that, at the first Academy awards in 1929, Rin Tin Tin the dog won most votes for best actor.
(17) Liver bloodflow remained unchanged in AS dogs, but hepatic alanine uptake nearly tripled (p less than 0.01) and hepatic glucose production increased by 60% (p less than 0.05).
(18) Affected dogs were from ten breeds and their average age was eight years.
(19) Though three of these presumable metabolites could slightly inhibit the binding of [3H]-KW-3049, they were not detected in rat and dog plasma at 0.5 h after oral administration of KW-3049.
(20) Temelastine produces these species-specific changes by enhancing thyroxine clearance from the circulation in the rat, but not in the dog or mouse.
Hash
Definition:
(n.) That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.
(n.) A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.
(n.) To /hop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat.
Example Sentences:
(1) That should be that but he makes an absolute hash of his clearance, slicing it like a butcher with a big piece of meat.
(2) Guests can choose from pancakes, eggs Benedict, homemade granola, fresh cinnamon rolls, sausage, “biscuits”, hash browns and scones.
(3) Two years as a minister is plenty of time to stack up enemies, or at least a few mutterings that you’ve made a hash of the job.
(4) ATP hydrolysis by the DNA-stimulated ATPase activity of the accessory proteins is required for visualization of the hash-mark structures.
(5) The odds of both sides coming together to hash out a compromise are slim, especially with birth control emerging as a potential election-year issue.
(6) Richard Hurst (@richardhursty) I ate three of Howard's hash cakes and still felt peckish.
(7) If the OS can distinguish between individuals then somewhere there must be a map between stored fingerprint hashes and a kind of user identifier, which the OS then maps to a real person.
(8) Gauke, in an answer to a parliamentary question tabled by Timms, revealed that in 526,608 cases in November, the hash identifiers in RTI pilots did not match – more than a quarter of all cases.
(9) The committee said two examples of contracts that the public deserved to know more about were the scandal of G4S and Serco charging for the electronic tagging of offenders who were in prison or dead, and the "complete hash" that G4S made of supplying security guards for the Olympics.
(10) The sensor and crypto unit communicate to see if the hash the sensor has made from scanning a print matches something that it stored before and if so, it says "yes"; else "no".
(11) The Uruguayan’s cross missed Juan Mata, Gabriel hashed his clearance, and Rashford was in dreamland once more with a neat finish.
(12) They were served an excess portion of hash served on a plate placed on a hidden scale ("VIKTOR"), which was connected to a computer registering the eating process on-line.
(13) Recipe supplied by Sasha Martin, globaltableadventure.com Merguez sausage and sweet potato hash This unusual take on hash is quick to rustle up.
(14) Well, they were basically asking for more time to hash out a deal without risking the US defaulting on its debt.
(15) One of his fans, Lori Maddox, has claimed in interviews that she lost her virginity to him after he gave her champagne and hash when she was about to turn 15.
(16) The Clinton press corps convened a meeting earlier this month to discuss their frustrations with access while covering the campaign and to hash out a strategy moving forward.
(17) Apart from hash, the employment of narcotics is low in school pupils.
(18) In between, he has offered whimsical, slightly vaudevillian comic sagas of sex and drugs in Notting Hill (then a bohemian enclave of high hippydom) with titles such as The Saga of Peaches Melba and the Hash Officer, and Hector the Dope-Sniffing Hound .
(19) They are then run through a cryptographic function known as a hash, which produces a short alphanumeric string of numbers.
(20) Coasting after early goals from David Cotterill and Hal Robson-Kanu, Wales contrived to let Cyprus back into the game, when Wayne Hennessey made a hash of dealing with Vincent Laban’s free-kick, and ended up playing the final 42 minutes with 10 men.