_Dog Latin_ (No. 15, p. 230.).--Many things low and vulgar are marked
with the prefix "dog"; as _dog-rose_, _dog-trick_, _dog-hole_, as also
_dog-gerel_. When the great mortar was set up in St. James's Park, some
one asked "Why the carriage was ornamented with dog's heads?" "To
justify the Latin inscription," said Jekyl.