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dog days name for the most sultry period of summer, from about July 3 to Aug. 11. Named in early times by observers in countries bordering the Mediterranean, the period was reckoned as extending from 20 days before to 20 days after the conjunction of Sirius (the dog star) and the sun. In the latitude of the Mediterranean region this period coincided with hot days that were plagued with disease and discomfort. The time of conjunction varies with difference in latitude, and because of the precession of the equinoxes it changes gradually over long periods in all latitudes.

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dog days • pl. n. the hottest period of the year (reckoned in antiquity from the heliacal rising of Sirius, the Dog Star). ∎ a period of inactivity or sluggishness: in August the baseball races are in the dog days.

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