Definition of hunt

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Hunt (v. t.) To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence..

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Bowie Knife :: Bowie knife () A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. Also, by extension, any large sheath knife..
Huntress :: Huntress (n.) A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana..
Setting :: Setting (n.) The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter..
Courser :: Courser (n.) One who courses or hunts.
Hunt :: Hunt (n.) A district of country hunted over.
Bearhound :: Bearhound (n.) A hound for baiting or hunting bears.
Jack :: "Jack (v. i.) To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n..
Set :: Set (v. i.) To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter..
Quarry :: Quarry (n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks..
Flush :: Flush (v. t.) To cause to start, as a hunter a bird..
Tufthunter :: Tufthunter (n.) A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3..
Game :: Game (a.) Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting..
Trail :: Trail (n.) A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail..
Woodman :: Woodman (n.) A sportsman; a hunter.
Surfacer :: Surface (v. t.) To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold..
Dog :: Dog (v. t.) To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity..
Whale :: Whale (n.) Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone..
Javelin :: "Javelin (n.) A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game..
Point :: Point (v. i.) To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do..
Hunt-counter :: Hunt-counter (n.) A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer.
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