hound : Idioms & Phrases

• noun tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East
  Afghan.
  

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• noun smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
  basset.
  

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Bas"set hound`

Etymology

F. basset.

Definitions

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

Webster 1913

• noun old breed of tall swift keen-eyed hunting dogs resembling greyhounds; from Egypt and southwestern Asia
  Saluki.
  

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• noun an outdoor game; one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot
  paper chase.
  

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• a game played by men and boys, two, called hares, having a few minutes' start, and scattering bits of paper to indicate their course, being chased by the others, called the hounds, through a wide circuit.

Webster 1913

• noun any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
  hound.
  

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• noun perennial shrub of North America having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and pale-blue to purple flowers
  Cynoglossum virginaticum.
  
• noun biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers
  Cynoglossum officinale.
  

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Hound's"-tongue` noun

Etymology

AS. hundes tunge.

Definitions

1. (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.

Webster 1913

• noun textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks
  houndstooth check; dogs-tooth check; dog's-tooth check; dogstooth check.
  

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• noun breed of slender agile medium-sized hound found chiefly in the Balearic Islands; said to have been bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt
  Ibizan Podenco.
  

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• noun hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred for hunting otters
  otterhound.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small breed of hounds, used in England for hunting otters.

Webster 1913

• noun a brindle-coated American hound used in hunting bears and wild boars
  

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• noun informal term
  sausage dog.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the striped bass.

Webster 1913

• to hunt with dogs.
• to hunt with hounds.

Webster 1913

• to ride behind, and near to, the hounds in hunting.

Webster 1913

• noun an American breed of foxhound
  Walker foxhound.
  

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