... a sterre, wherof canicular or dogge days be named Dies caniculares.
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Dog days
/ˈdɒɡ deɪz/
Synonyms for "dog days" (23 found)
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broiling suncanicular daysfair weather
Noun(2 words)
canicular dayscanicule
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good old summertimegrowing seasonheat wavehigh summerhot wavehot weatherhumid weather
Related words (11)
midday sunmidsummermuggy weatherstuffy weathersultry weathersummersummertidesummertimesunshiny weathervertical rayswarm weather
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Dog days bright and clear Indicate a good year; But when accompanied by rain, We hope for better times in vain.
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Why ſhould thoſe Eteſian and Eaſterne winds blow cōtinually in ſome places, at ſet times, one way ſtill, in the dog dayes only: heere perpetuall drought, there dropping ſhowres; [...]
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The dog days of August have often spelled trouble for the world economy.
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