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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..

Pig-sticking :: Pig-sticking (n.) Boar hunting; -- so called by Anglo-Indians.

Chase :: Chase (v. t.) To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game..

Setter :: Setter (n.) One who hunts victims for sharpers.

Dhole :: Dhole (n.) A fierce, wild dog (Canis Dukhunensis), found in the mountains of India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger and other wild animals in packs..

Tufthunting :: Tufthunting (n.) The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities..

Venatorial :: Venatorial (a.) Or or pertaining to hunting; venatic.

Chaser :: Chaser (n.) One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.

Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.

Tivy :: Tivy (adv.) With great speed; -- a huntsman's word or sound.

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..

Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world..

Lucern :: Lucern (n.) A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland..

Search :: Search (v. i.) To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt..

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..

Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover..

Chasable :: Chasable (a.) Capable of being chased; fit for hunting.

Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit..

Pearl :: Pearl (v. i.) To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling..

Turn-out :: Turn-out (n.) A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch..

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