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Dog Star  n.  Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; called also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, alpha Canis Majoris. See Dog days.






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"Dog Star" Quotes from Famous Books



... this inattention to the apparent extent of the marine mile, the Eliza Drum, a little before noon, was overhauled and seized by the British cruiser, Dog Star. A few miles away the Lennehaha had perceived the dangerous position of the Eliza Drum, and had started toward her to warn her to take a less doubtful position. But before she arrived the capture had ...
— The Great War Syndicate • Frank Stockton

... courses. Savage strategy. Hunting for food. Coffee and corned beef. Woodchuck and pheasants. Discussing the wounded chief. Conclude to take him to Cataract. Taking up the march for home. Finding the direction of the south pole. The Dog Star Sirius. ...
— The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen • Roger Finlay

... back boys. Don't remember too well, but it was when we had an old ship called the DOG STAR that I was here. A pirate ship and I was second in command, and we came through this sector. That was—hell, it musta' been fifty years ago. I been too many places nobody's ever bothered to name or chart, to remember where it is, but I been here. I remember those four suns all spotted to form ...
— To Each His Star • Bryce Walton



Words linked to "Dog Star" :   binary star, Great Dog, Canis Major, Sirius, Sothis



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