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

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..

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

Dog's-tongue :: Dog's-tongue (n.) Hound's-tongue.

Shackatory :: Shackatory (n.) A hound.

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..

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..

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

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

Course :: Course (v. t.) To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer..

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

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

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..

Yoicks :: Yoicks (interj.) A cry of encouragement to foxhounds.

Stabling :: Stable stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer..

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..

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

Scent :: Scent (v. t.) To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does..

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

Huntsman :: Huntsman (n.) The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after the hounds.

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