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Crane :: Crane (v. i.) to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap..

Beater :: Beater (n.) A person who beats up game for the hunters.

Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog..

Boothy :: Boothy (n.) A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a booth..

Flush :: Flush (v. t.) To cause to start, as a hunter a bird..

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.

Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting..

Hunt''s-up :: Hunt's-up (n.) A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call..

Stalking-horse :: Stalking-horse (n.) A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill..

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..

Widow-hunter :: Widow-hunter (n.) One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune..

Shunter :: Shunter (n.) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.

Hunte :: Hunte (n.) A hunter.

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

Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting..

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..

Bugle :: Bugle (n.) A horn used by hunters.

Tufthunter :: Tufthunter (n.) A hanger-on to noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities; a toady. See 1st Tuft, 3..

Chancre :: Chancre (n.) A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre..

Hunterian :: Hunterian (a.) Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon; as, the Hunterian chancre. See Chancre..

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