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Webster 1913 Edition

Hound

Hound

,
Noun.
[OE.
hound
,
hund
, dog, AS.
hund
; akin to OS. & OFries.
hund
, D.
hond
, G.
hund
, OHG.
hunt
, Icel.
hundr
, Dan. & Sw.
hund
, Goth.
hunds
, and prob. to Lith.
sz[GREEK]
, Ir. & Gael.
cu
, L.
canis
, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], Skr.
çvan
. √229. Cf.
Canine
,
Cynic
,
Kennel
.]
1.
(Zool.)
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.
Hounds
and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs.
Shakespeare
2.
A despicable person.
“Boy! false hound!”
Shak.
3.
(Zool.)
A houndfish.
4.
pl.
(Naut.)
Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
5.
A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
To follow the hounds
,
to hunt with hounds.

Hound

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hounded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hounding
.]
1.
To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit;
as, to
hound
a dog at a hare; to
hound
on pursuers.
Abp. Bramhall.
2.
To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds.
L’Estrange.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hound

HOUND

,
Noun.
[L. canis.] A generic name of the dog; but in English it is confined to a particular breed or variety, used in the chase. It has long, smooth, pendulous ears.

HOUND

,
Verb.
T.
To set on the chase.
1.
To hunt; to chase.

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