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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 ]