Hound
Hound , noun
[Old English hound, hund, dog, Anglo-Saxon hund; akin to Old Saxon & OFries. hund, Dutch hond, German hund, Old High German hunt, Icelandic hundr, Danish & Swedish hund, Gothic hunds, and prob. to Lithuanian sz{not transcribed}, Ir. & Gael. cu, Latin canis, Greek {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, Sanskrit cvan. r229. Compare Canine, Cynic, Kennel.]
1.
(Zoology) 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.
2.
A despicable person.
Boy! false hound!
3.
(Zoology) A houndfish.
4.
(Nautical) 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.
Collocations (1)
To follow the hounds , to hunt with hounds.
Hound , transitive verb
1.
To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers. — Abp. Bramhall
2.
To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds. — L'Estrange