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

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

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

Quarry :: Quarry (n.) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds..

Tallyho :: Tallyho (interj. & n.) The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds.

Brennage :: Brennage (n.) A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

Gazehound :: Gazehound (n.) A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent.

Sanded :: Sanded (a.) Marked with small spots; variegated with spots; speckled; of a sandy color, as a hound..

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.

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

Hound :: Hound (v. t.) To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers..

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

Mahound :: Mahound (n.) A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil..

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..

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