What does "hound" mean?
Hound: A despicable person. "Boy! false hound!" Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.(Zoöl.) A houndfish.
- 3.pl. (Naut.) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
- 4.A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle. To follow the hounds, to hunt with hounds.
- 5.To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers. Abp. Bramhall.
- 6.To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds. L'Estrange.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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