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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Dogdaysnoun
The days in which the dogstar rises and sets with the sun, vulgarly reputed unwholesome.
Etymology: dog and days.
Nor was it more in his power to be without promotion, and titles, and wealth, than for a healthy man to sit in the sun, in the brightest dogdays, and remain without warmth. Edward Hyde.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dogdays
dog′dāz, n.pl. the period when the dogstar rises and sets with the sun (generally reckoned July 3d to August 11th)—erroneously supposed to be the time when dogs are specially liable to hydrophobia.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Dogdays in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Dogdays in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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