I. -gə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English doggere, perhaps from Middle Dutch dogge fishing boat
: a broad-bowed two-masted fishing boat used especially by the Dutch in the North sea
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: dog (I) (contrivance) + -er
: a worker who attaches dogs (as to logs), moves articles mechanically by dogs, or fastens articles (as stock to be machined) into dogs that will hold them for further processing
III. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from dogger, a kind of ironstone prevalent in strata of this period, of unknown origin
: of, relating to, or constituting a subdivision of the European Jurassic — see geologic time table