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

Nursehound :: Nursehound (n.) See Houndfish.

Foxhound :: Foxhound (n.) One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes.

Limmer :: Limmer (n.) A limehound; a leamer.

Limer :: Limer (n.) A limehound; a limmer.

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

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

Harrier :: Harrier (n.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares..

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

Lymhound :: Lymhound (n.) A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound.

Brach :: Brach (n.) A bitch of the hound kind.

Kennel :: Kennel (n.) A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds..

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

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..

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

Yoicks :: Yoicks (interj.) A cry of encouragement to foxhounds.

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..

Slowhound :: Slowhound (n.) A sleuthhound.

Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers..

Basset Hound :: Basset hound () A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog..