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Counter :: Counter (adv.) In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter..

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

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..

Sluthhound :: Sluthhound (n.) Sleuthhound.

Hunt :: Hunt (v. i.) To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.

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

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

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

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

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..

Morgay :: Morgay (n.) The European small-spotted dogfish, or houndfish. See the Note under Houndfish..

Highbinder :: Highbinder (n.) A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese..

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

Limmer :: Limmer (n.) A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound..

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..

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

Alan :: Alan (n.) A wolfhound.

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..

Cheer :: Cheer (v. t.) To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase..

Slothhound :: Slothhound (n.) See Sleuthhound.

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