To set on the chase; incite to pursuit.
To hunt or pursue with or as if with hounds: as, to hound deer.
To pursue or harass as if with hounds: as, to hound one on to ruin.
To follow like a hound; track; trail.
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A dog; specifically, a dog of a breed or variety used in the chase, as in hunting the boar, the deer, the fox, the hare, or the otter.
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A mean, contemptible fellow; a dastard; a poltroon: as, a low hound; a sly hound.
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Same as houndfish, 1.
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The oldwife, or long-tailed duck, Harelda glacialis: so called from its gabble, likened to the cry of a pack of hounds.
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Nautical, a projection at the masthead on either side, serving as a support for the trestle-trees of large or the rigging of smaller vessels. Also called hounding.
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Either of two pieces of wood used in artillery-limbers to connect the splinter-bar and pole with the axle.
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Either of a pair of side-bars or horizontal braces for reinforcing various parts of the running-gear of a vehicle.