Basset Hound :: Basset hound () A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog..

Bearhound :: Bearhound (n.) A hound for baiting or hunting bears.

Bloodhound :: Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff..

Buckhound :: Buckhound (n.) A hound for hunting deer.

Deerhound :: Deerhound (n.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.

Foxhound :: Foxhound (n.) One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes.

Gazehound :: Gazehound (n.) A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent.

Grayhound :: Grayhound (n.) See Greyhound.

Greyhound :: Greyhound (n.) A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments..

Harehound :: Harehound (n.) See Harrier.

Hellhound :: Hellhound (n.) A dog of hell; an agent of hell.

Hoarhound :: Hoarhound (n.) Same as Horehound.

Horehound :: Horehound (n.) A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc..

Hound :: Hound (n.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc..

Hound :: Hound (n.) A despicable person.

Hound :: Hound (n.) A houndfish.

Hound :: Hound (n.) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on..

Hound :: Hound (n.) A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.

Hound :: Hound (v. t.) To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers..

Hound :: Hound (v. t.) To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds..

Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..

Hounded :: Hounded (imp. & p. p.) of Houn.

Houndfish :: Houndfish (n.) Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish..

Hounding :: Hounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Houn.

Hounding :: Hounding (n.) The act of one who hounds.

Hounding :: Hounding (n.) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.

Limehound :: Limehound (n.) A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer.

Lymhound :: Lymhound (n.) A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound.

Mahound :: Mahound (n.) A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil..

Nursehound :: Nursehound (n.) See Houndfish.

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