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Definition of hound

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Hound (n.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc..

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Hound :: Hound (n.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc..

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

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

Slowhound :: Slowhound (n.) A sleuthhound.

Grayhound :: Grayhound (n.) See Greyhound.

Limehound :: Limehound (n.) A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer.

Yelp :: Yelp (v. i.) To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup..

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..

Rugose :: Rugose (a.) Wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically (Bot.), having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the leaves of the sage and horehound..

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..

Babbler :: Babbler (n.) A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.

Recheat :: Recheat (n.) A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.

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

Leash :: Leash (n.) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general..

Hound :: Hound (n.) A despicable person.

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..

Cry :: Cry (v. i.) A pack of hounds.

Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To use or manage in the chase, as hounds..

Cry :: Cry (v. i.) A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves..

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