(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:11:45

Dog" Star` (?).

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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