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Hound

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.

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Afghan 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Afghanistan.

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Basset 76% connected

A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.

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Basset hound 76% connected

A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog.

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Beagle 76% connected

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

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Bloodhound 76% connected

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 p…

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Deerhound 76% connected

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

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Foxhound 76% connected

One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes.

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Greyhound 76% connected

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 m…

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Harrier 76% connected

One of a small breed of hounds, used for hunting hares.

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Sleuthhound 76% connected

A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound.

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Staghound 76% connected

A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct.

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Chase 76% connected

To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

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Dog 76% connected

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

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Scoundrel 76% connected

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.

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Tag 76% connected

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

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Tail 76% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Track 76% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Trail 76% connected

To hunt by the track; to track.

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Villain 76% connected

One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.

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Ferret 76% connected

An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a na…

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Blackguard 92% connected

The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen…

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Bounder 92% connected

One who, or that which, limits; a boundary.

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Cad 92% connected

A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.

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Dog 92% connected

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

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Heel 92% connected

To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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Hunt 92% connected

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for s…

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Trace 92% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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