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Stalk :: Stalk (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game..

Cervicide :: Cervicide (n.) The act of killing deer; deer-slaying.

Infanticide :: Infanticide (n.) The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder.

Birdbolt :: Birdbolt (n.) A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.

Pernicious :: Pernicious (a.) Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.

Chance-medley :: Chance-medley (n.) The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.

Killing :: Killing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kil.

Giganticide :: Giganticide (n.) The act of killing, or one who kills, a giant..

Vulpicide :: Vulpicide (n.) One who kills a fox, except in hunting; also, the act of so killing a fox..

Manbote :: Manbote (n.) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant)..

Winterkilling :: Winterkilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Winterkil.

Nip :: Nip (n.) A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

Butchering :: Butchering (n.) The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.

Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) The act of killing.

Ichneumon :: Ichneumon (n.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Herpestes, and family Viverridae. Numerous species are found in Asia and Africa. The Egyptian species(H. ichneumon), which ranges to Spain and Palestine, is noted for destroying the eggs and young of the crocodile as well as various snakes and lizards, and hence was considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians. The common species of India (H. griseus), known as the mongoose, has similar habits and is often domesticated. It is noted for killing the

Chase :: Chase (v.) Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt..

Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.

Regicide :: Regicide (n.) The killing or the murder of a king.

Skilling :: Skilling (n.) A money od account in Sweden, Norwey, Denmark, and North Germany, and also a coin. It had various values, from three fourths of a cent in Norway to more than two cents in Lubeck..

Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it..

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