Definition of hound

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

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Slip :: Slip (v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound..
Dog :: Dog (v. t.) To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity..
Eager :: Eager (a.) Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase..
Quarry :: Quarry (n.) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds..
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game..
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..
Call :: Call (n.) A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.
Hunt :: Hunt (v. i.) To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.
Hellhound :: Hellhound (n.) A dog of hell; an agent of hell.
Cheer :: Cheer (v. t.) To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase..
Deerhound :: Deerhound (n.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.
Kennel :: Kennel (n.) A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds..
Lymhound :: Lymhound (n.) A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound.
Marrubium :: Marrubium (n.) A genus of bitter aromatic plants, sometimes used in medicine; hoarhound..
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..
Saltant :: Saltant (v.) In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc..
Brach :: Brach (n.) A bitch of the hound kind.
Blood :: Blood (v. t.) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war..
Leviner :: Leviner (n.) A swift hound.
Sluthhound :: Sluthhound (n.) Sleuthhound.
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