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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..

Slip :: Slip (v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound..

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..

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

Bearhound :: Bearhound (n.) A hound for baiting or hunting bears.

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

Hound :: Hound (n.) A houndfish.

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

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

Hoarhound :: Hoarhound (n.) Same as Horehound.

Highbinder :: Highbinder (n.) A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese..

Harehound :: Harehound (n.) See Harrier.

Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game..

Stabling :: Stable stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer..

Grayhound :: Grayhound (n.) See Greyhound.

Hounding :: Hounding (n.) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.

Whipperin :: Whipperin (n.) A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase..

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

Horehound :: Horehound (n.) A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc..

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..

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