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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dog, Doig, n. Also: dogge; doog, doug, dowg(e. [ME. dog, dogge, OE. docga.]

1. A dog, a hound.(a) c1420 Wynt. v. 730.
Outhe the erde, but sepulture, As a dog, lay that empryoure Ib. vii. 510.
Doggys till ete his caryowne 1456 Hay I. 58/32.
The doggis past in woddis, and hid thame as wolfis a1500 Henr. Fab. 901.
The gray grewhound … , With doggis all diueris and different a1500 Bernardus 321.
Litile doggis and messanys with thar bellis c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 186.
He dois as dotit dog that damys on all bussis 1531 Bell. Boece I. 39.
Quhais dog first bait the deir, suld have the hide thairof 1560 Rolland Seven S. 1855.
Ane deuill … into ane doggis skin … To the quhilk dog my lord gaue maist delite 1581 Cath. Tr. 167/35.
The pure peopil deis lyk doggis without confort(b) 1533 Gau 99/26.
It is notht guid to cast halie breid to dogis 1549 Compl. 73/22.
The beiris, lyons, … foxis, and dogis 1562 Inv. Q. Mary 55.
Ane doig made in laym 1562-3 Winȝet II. 38/29.
Thir thingis sua Nestorius [etc.], … as woud doigis, barkis contrare the catholik fayth 1582 Reg. Privy C. III. 506.
[They] laid out his carcage to be a prey for doiggis and revenus beistis 1614 Mure Misc. P. vii. 13.
Much more thou … demerites to be chaingit, Form'd in a doge, to bark [etc.] 1657 Balfour Ann. III. 418.
It is not good to awalkin sleiping doges(c) 1600-1610 Melvill 375.
We mein nocht … to cast our halie things to doogges 1661 Black Sc. Witches 43.
I ... took the doug called Serkie with me 1662 Crim. Trials III. ii. 613.
He wold girne at ws lyk a dowge Ib.
Somtym he vold be lyk … a dowg

b. Applied contemptuously to persons. c1475 Wall. ix. 139.
On loude he cryit, ‘Stryk, doggis, ye sall de’ a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 527.
Deuill, dampnit dog, sodomyte insatiabill c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 758.
The Inglis Capitane cryit hie, … ȝeild ȝow, doggis, or ȝe sall die

2. A grapple for hoisting heavy weights. 1538 Soc. Ant. II. 403.
Mr Dawe Borthwick, capitane of Tantallan, borrowit fra the towne of Hadingtoune … ane dog, a pair of clipis [etc.] 1591 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 459.
For ane dog off irne to heis vp the grit stanes with

3. A species of cannon. 1549 Compl. 41/34.
Mak reddy ȝour cannons, … pasuolans, bersis, doggis, doubil bersis [etc.] 1558 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 248.
Ane gryt geist to lay on the over barteseine of the but, with thre schott of doggis Ib. 252.
For doun taking of twa dowble doggs to Leith Ib.
For twa chalmeris to twa doggs, weyand iij stane and ane half 1560 Acta Cur. Admir. 143.
Sevin pecis of ordinance callit dowbill doggis with xiiij chalmeris pertenand thairto 1650 Art. Rendition Edinb. Castle.
28 short brasse munkeys alias dogs

4. Attrib., in sense 1, with bran, breid, heid, hous, mete. a1585 Polwart Flyt. 214 (T).
Ȝour bankettis of sick vilitie, Deir of the dog brane [v.r. dogbran] of the Mers 1600 Treas. Acc. MS. 61.
Ane kettill to mak the dog breid 1531 Bell. Boece II. 512.
Ane sow had hir litter with dog heidis 1626 M. Works Acc. XIX. 29.
For ane new key to my Lord of Maris doghous 1505 Treas. Acc. II. 475.
To the Inglis doggar, for the dog met