Harrier: alternatives and connections

A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.

To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war.

To engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease.

A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.

The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.

A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.

The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.

To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase.

A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.

One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.

Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous…

The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; -- called also chaps. See Illust.…

Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.

medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes

A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese.

The act of one who hounds.

To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.

A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.