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Definition of hound

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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..

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Limmer :: Limmer (n.) A limehound; a leamer.

Blood :: Blood (v. t.) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war..

Scent :: Scent (n.) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent..

Flews :: Flews (n. pl.) The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also chaps. See Illust. of Bloodhound..

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

Vent :: Vent (v. t.) To scent, as a hound..

Hunt :: Hunt (n.) A pack of hounds.

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

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

Alan :: Alan (n.) A wolfhound.

Call :: Call (n.) A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.

Hound :: Hound (n.) A houndfish.

Recheat :: Recheat (n.) A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.

Skip :: Skip (v. i.) To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.

Beagle :: Beagle (n.) A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix..

Saltant :: Saltant (v.) In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc..

Rugose :: Rugose (a.) Wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically (Bot.), having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the leaves of the sage and horehound..

Fallow :: Fallow (a.) Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound..

Tallyho :: Tallyho (interj. & n.) The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds.

Babbler :: Babbler (n.) A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.