DODMAN. A shell-fish with a hod-like lump. A sea-snail, otherwise called hodmandod.
DOFF, To. To put aside.
DO FOR, To. A double-barrelled expression, meaning alike to take care of or provide for an individual, or to ruin or kill him.
DOG. The hammer of a fire-lock or pistol; that which holds the flint, called also dog-head. Also, a sort of iron hook or bar with a sharp fang at one end, so as to be easily driven into a piece of timber, and drag it along by means of a rope fastened to it, upon which a number of men can pull. Dog is also an iron implement with a fang at each end, to be driven into two pieces of timber, to support and steady one of them while being dubbed, hewn, or sawn.—Span-dogs. Used to lift timber. A pair of dogs linked together, and being hooked at an extended angle, press home with greater strain.
DOG-BITCH-THIMBLE. An excellent contrivance by which the topsail-sheet-block is prevented making the half cant or turn so frequently seen in the clue when the block is secured there.
DOG-BOLT. A cap square bolt.
DOG-DRAVE. A kind of sea-fish mentioned in early charters.
DOG-FISH. A name commonly applied to several small species of the shark family.
DOGG. A small silver coin of the West Indies, six of which make a bitt. Also, in meteorology, see [Stubb].
DOGGED. A mode of attaching a rope to a spar or cable, in contradistinction to racking, by which slipping is prevented; half-hitched and end stopped back, is one mode.