Definition of hunt

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Hunt (n.) A district of country hunted over.

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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.
Hunt :: Hunt (v. t.) To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country..
Heroner :: Heroner (n.) A hawk used in hunting the heron.
Sea Elephant :: Sea elephant () A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct..
Huntsman :: Huntsman (n.) One who hunts, or who practices hunting..
Heron :: Heron (n.) Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. The herons have a long, sharp bill, and long legs and toes, with the claw of the middle toe toothed. The common European heron (Ardea cinerea) is remarkable for its directly ascending flight, and was formerly hunted with the larger falcons..
Hound :: Hound (v. t.) To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds..
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..
Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
Head-hunter :: Head-hunter (n.) A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters.
Chase :: Chase (v. i.) To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor..
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..
Coursed :: Coursed (a.) Hunted; as, a coursed hare..
Venary :: Venary (a.) Of or, pertaining to 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..
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..
Vulpicide :: Vulpicide (n.) One who kills a fox, except in hunting; also, the act of so killing a fox..
Cheetah :: Cheetah (n.) A species of leopard (Cynaelurus jubatus) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is C. laneus.
Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting..
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