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.) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on..
Hunt :: Hunt (n.) A pack of hounds.
Hellhound :: Hellhound (n.) A dog of hell; an agent of hell.
Highbinder :: Highbinder (n.) A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese..
Limmer :: Limmer (n.) A limehound; a leamer.
Scent :: Scent (v. t.) To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does..
Deerhound :: Deerhound (n.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.
Roadster :: Roadster (n.) A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
Lymhound :: Lymhound (n.) A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound.
Hoarhound :: Hoarhound (n.) Same as Horehound.
Buckhound :: Buckhound (n.) A hound for hunting deer.
Scent :: Scent (n.) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent..
Quarry :: Quarry (n.) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds..
Brach :: Brach (n.) A bitch of the hound kind.
Gazehound :: Gazehound (n.) A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent.
Harehound :: Harehound (n.) See Harrier.
Beagle :: Beagle (n.) A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix..
Masthead :: Masthead (n.) The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.
Dog's-tongue :: Dog's-tongue (n.) Hound's-tongue.
Houndfish :: Houndfish (n.) Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish..
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