RED DOG


Meaning of RED DOG in English

noun

1.

[so called from the red ink endorsement]

: unreliable paper money issued by wildcat banks in the United States prior to the establishment of the national banking system

2.

[so called from the fact that such flour was once packed in bags with a red dog on the front]

: the lowest grade of flour ; specifically : a dark flour containing aleurone, little wheat flour, and bran particles obtained as a by-product of flour milling and used as an animal feed

3. : a card game in which each player contributes to a pool and then in turn bets that he holds in his hand a card of the same suit and of higher rank than the top card of the stock — called also high-card pool

4. : dhole

5. : reddish ashes derived from burning piles of rejected coal and used especially for paving in mine areas

6. : a rush by the linebackers on the passer in football

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.