Definition of hound

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

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Babbler :: Babbler (n.) A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.
Brinjaree :: Brinjaree (n.) A rough-haired East Indian variety of the greyhound.
Gazehound :: Gazehound (n.) A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent.
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..
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game..
Nursehound :: Nursehound (n.) See Houndfish.
Hellhound :: Hellhound (n.) A dog of hell; an agent of hell.
Brach :: Brach (n.) A bitch of the hound kind.
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..
Scent :: Scent (n.) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent..
Shackatory :: Shackatory (n.) A hound.
Sleuthhound :: Sleuthhound (n.) A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound..
Staging :: Staghound (n.) A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct..
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..
Hounding :: Hounding (n.) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
Leviner :: Leviner (n.) A swift hound.
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..
Bearhound :: Bearhound (n.) A hound for baiting or hunting bears.
Rache :: Rache (n.) A dog that pursued his prey by scent, as distinguished from the greyhound..
Limehound :: Limehound (n.) A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer.
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