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Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit..

Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting..

Chase :: Chase (v. i.) To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor..

Course :: Course (v. i.) To run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire..

Coursed :: Coursed (a.) Hunted; as, a coursed hare..

Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free..

Fox-hunting :: Fox-hunting (a.) Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.

Whipperin :: Whipperin (n.) A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase..

Blencher :: Blencher (n.) One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer, at a hunt. See Blancher..

Courser :: Courser (n.) One who courses or hunts.

Ferret :: Ferret (n.) To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret..

Hound :: Hound (v. t.) To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds..

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

Chancre :: Chancre (n.) A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre..

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..

Set :: Set (v. t.) To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs..

Doubling :: Doubling (n.) A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice..

Trist :: Trist (n.) A post, or station, in hunting..

Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift..

Heroner :: Heroner (n.) A hawk used in hunting the heron.

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