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n. A hound for baiting or hunting bears. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hound for hunting deer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Master of the buckhounds, an officer in the royal household. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy gray coat developed in Norway for hunting elk. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Greyhound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. graihund, greihound, greahund, grihond, Icel. greyhundr; grey greyhound + hundr dog; cf. AS. grīghund. The origin of the first syllable is unknown. ] 1. A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments. [ Written also grayhound. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A swift steamer, esp. an ocean steamer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Harrier. A. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hellehund. ] A dog of hell; an agent of hell. [ 1913 Webster ]

A hellhound, that doth hunt us all to death. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Horehound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. horehune, AS. hārhune; hār hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species of organum, Gr. &unr_;, Skr. kn&unr_;y to smell. ] (Bot.) 1. A plant of the genus Marrubium (Marrubium vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [ Written also hoarhound. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A lozenge or tablet, usually sweetened, containing extract of horehound, used as a remedy for a cough or a sore throat. [ PJC ]

Fetid horehound, or
Black horehound, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound (Ballota nigra). --
Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus, resembling mint, but not aromatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hounding. ] 1. To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers. Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hound, hund, dog, AS. hund; akin to OS. & OFries. hund, D. hond, G. hund, OHG. hunt, Icel. hundr, Dan. & Sw. hund, Goth. hunds, and prob. to Lith. sz&unr_;, Ir. & Gael. cu, L. canis, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, Skr. çvan. √229. Cf. Canine, Cynic, Kennel. ] 1. (Zool.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A despicable person. “Boy! false hound!” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A houndfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. (Naut.) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

To follow the hounds, to hunt with hounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (Galeus canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium catulus. The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), and to the silver gar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who hounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hundes tunge. ] (Bot.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lime a leash + hound. ] A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Who's this, my mahound cousin ? Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Houndfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A small hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred in England for hunting otters. Called also otter dog. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Sleuth, and cf. Slothound. ] (Zool.) A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound. [ Spelt variously slouthhound, sluthhound, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Slot a track, and cf. Sleuthhound. ] (Zool.) See Sleuthhound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sleuthhound. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sleuthhound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) Bugleweed. [ 1913 Webster ]