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

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..

Water Horehound :: Water horehound () Bugleweed.

Brinjaree :: Brinjaree (n.) A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound.

Sluthhound :: Sluthhound (n.) Sleuthhound.

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..

Hound :: Hound (n.) A houndfish.

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

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..

Masthead :: Masthead (n.) The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.

Call :: Call (n.) A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.

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

Hound :: Hound (v. t.) To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds..

Skip :: Skip (v. i.) To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.

Blood :: Blood (v. t.) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war..

Nursehound :: Nursehound (n.) See Houndfish.

Grayhound :: Grayhound (n.) See Greyhound.

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..

Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..

Hunt :: Hunt (n.) A pack of hounds.

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