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noun - the hot period between early July and early September
DOG DAYS - the beginning of dog days is placed on the 14th of July; that in a calendar prefixed to the Common Prayer, printed in the time of Queen Elizabeth, they were said to begin on the 6th of July and end on the 5th of September; that, from the Restoration to the beginning of New Style , British almanacs placed the beginning on the 19th of July and the end on the 28th of August; and that after 1752 the beginning was put on the 30th of July, the end on the 7th of September.
DOG DAYS - The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star sy...
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Named for the star Sirius, they're from July 3 to August 11 each summer |
Of dog days, halcyon days or salad days, the one that's the most weather-related |
The hottest period of the summer |
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The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius, which Greek and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck. They are now taken to be the hottest, most uncomfortable part of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. |