2. Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.

Dog"ger (?), n. [D., fr. dogger codfish, orig. used in the catching of codfish.] (Naut.) A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch.

Dog"ger, n. A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.

Dog"ger*el (?), a. [OE. dogerel.] Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.

This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he.

Chaucer.

Dog"ger*el, n. A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry.

Doggerel like that of Hudibras.

Addison.

The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers.

Macaulay.

Dog"ger*man (?), n. A sailor belonging to a dogger.

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