Definition of hunting

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Hunting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hun.

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Chasable :: Chasable (a.) Capable of being chased; fit for hunting.
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons..
Gunning :: Gunning (n.) The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun.
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..
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To scour or range over in hunting, accompanied with the noise made by striking bushes, etc., for the purpose of rousing game..
Mousing :: Mousing (n.) The act of hunting mice.
Powpow :: Powpow (n.) Conjuration attended with great noise and confusion, and often with feasting, dancing, etc., performed by Indians for the cure of diseases, to procure success in hunting or in war, and for other purposes..
Point :: Point (v. i.) To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do..
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..
Rabbiting :: Rabbiting (n.) The hunting of rabbits.
Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting..
Chase :: Chase (v.) An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace..
Setter :: Setter (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching..
Harrier :: Harrier (n.) One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares..
Diana :: Diana (n.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis..
Gun :: Gun (v. i.) To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning..
Sheath :: Sheath (n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard..
Venation :: Venation (n.) The act or art of hunting, or the state of being hunted..
Archery :: Archery (n.) The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.
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