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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..

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

Hunte :: Hunte (n.) A hunter.

Widow-hunter :: Widow-hunter (n.) One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune..

Shikari :: Shikari (n.) A sportsman; esp., a native hunter..

Tufthunter :: Tufthunter (n.) A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3..

Boothy :: Boothy (n.) A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a booth..

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..

Woodman :: Woodman (n.) A sportsman; a hunter.

Flush :: Flush (v. t.) To cause to start, as a hunter a bird..

Roadster :: Roadster (n.) A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.

Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting..

Beater :: Beater (n.) A person who beats up game for the hunters.

Head-hunter :: Head-hunter (n.) A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters.

Hunter :: Hunter (n.) One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.

Stalking-horse :: Stalking-horse (n.) A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill..

Hunterian :: Hunterian (a.) Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon; as, the Hunterian chancre. See Chancre..

Trail :: Trail (n.) A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail..

Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover..

Crane :: Crane (v. i.) to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap..

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