What does "hell-hound" mean?

Alternative spelling of hellhound.

What is a synonym for "hell-hound"?

Common synonyms include: hound of hell, beast, beldam, bomber, brute, cerberus.

Hell-hound

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Alternative spelling of hellhound. alt-of, alternative

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hound of hell beast beldam bomber brute cerberus

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"I have cross-examined these men, one of them a hard-headed countryman, one a farrier, and one a moorland farmer, who all tell the same story of this dreadful apparition, exactly corresponding to the hell-hound of the legend."

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