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Definition of Dog-iron
1. Noun. Metal supports for logs in a fireplace. "The andirons were too hot to touch"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dog-iron
Literary usage of Dog-iron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"Dog Iron.—A short bar of iron forming a kind of cramp with its ends bent down at
right angles and ... Often the term "Dog Iron" is used for "Dog Hook. ..."
2. The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections by Phineas Garrett (1903)
"I nearly brained a poor man with a dog- iron the other night." "The deuce you did!
That's rather disagreeable. A fellow might, under an impulse, ..."
3. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association (1890)
"... Iron Buffalo; Iron Cedar; Iron Claws; Iron Claws Female; Iron Cloud; Iron
Coming out in the same place Female ; Iron Day; Iron Dog; Iron Door; ..."
4. Veterinary Materia Medica and Therapeutics by Kenelm Winslow (1905)
"Acid salts, as the sulphate, are more suitable for the horse than the dog.
Iron may blacken the ..."
5. Introduction to Sociology by Emory Stephen Bogardus (1917)
"... were stamped with the image of animals which were once the standards of value,
namely the cow, sheep, or dog. Iron was first used, it is believed, ..."
6. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"Dog Iron.—A short bar of iron forming a kind of cramp with its ends bent down at
right angles and ... Often the term "Dog Iron" is used for "Dog Hook. ..."
7. The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections by Phineas Garrett (1903)
"I nearly brained a poor man with a dog- iron the other night." "The deuce you did!
That's rather disagreeable. A fellow might, under an impulse, ..."
8. Elements of Metallurgy: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Extracting Metals by John Arthur Phillips (1887)
"... leaving a refractory residue known as bull-dog. IRON AND PHOSPHORUS.—These
elements enter very readily into combination, forming several compounds. ..."
9. Veterinary Materia Medica and Therapeutics by Kenelm Winslow (1905)
"Acid salts, as the sulphate, are more suitable for the horse than the dog.
Iron may blacken the ..."
10. Introduction to Sociology by Emory Stephen Bogardus (1917)
"... were stamped with the image of animals which were once the standards of value,
namely the cow, sheep, or dog. Iron was first used, it is believed, ..."
11. The Civil Engineer's Pocket-book by John Cresson Trautwine (1894)
"The lira t is a wet dock; the last a dry one. dog-iron ; a short bur of iron,
forming a kind of cramp, with its ends bent down at ..."
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