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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..

Sluthhound :: Sluthhound (n.) Sleuthhound.

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

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..

Brinjaree :: Brinjaree (n.) A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound.

Kennel :: Kennel (n.) A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs..

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

Harrier :: Harrier (n.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares..

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

Water Horehound :: Water horehound () Bugleweed.

Slip :: Slip (v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound..

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

Hound :: Hound (n.) A houndfish.

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..

Brennage :: Brennage (n.) A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds..

Leviner :: Leviner (n.) A swift hound.

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

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.

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

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

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