Definition of hunt

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Hunt (n.) An association of huntsmen.

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Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift..
Buckshot :: Buckshot (n.) A coarse leaden shot, larger than swan shot, used in hunting deer and large game..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.
Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting..
Throw-off :: Throw-off (n.) A start in a hunt or a race.
Hunt :: Hunt (v. i.) To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after.
Hunter :: Hunter (n.) One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers..
Gun :: Gun (v. i.) To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning..
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..
Hunt :: Hunt (v. i.) To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.
A :: A (prep.) In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant. This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building, a begging..
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world..
Hound :: Hound (v. t.) To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds..
Shunter :: Shunter (n.) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
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..
Huntress :: Huntress (n.) A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana..
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..
Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country..
Tufthunter :: Tufthunter (n.) A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3..
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