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Hound
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- 1 A small village and civil parish in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4708).
- 1 A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
- 2 Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop. in-plural
- 3 any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears wordnet
- 4 Any canine animal.
- 5 A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
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- 6 someone who is morally reprehensible wordnet
- 7 Someone who seeks something. broadly
"On the way out of the building I was asked for my autograph. If I'd known who the signature hound thought I was, I would've signed appropriately."
- 8 A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women. broadly
""She had a good many successors, John." "You are such a hound, in that respect, Goodson," said Claywell, "and you have always been such a hound, that it astounds me to find you—unaccompanied.""
- 9 A despicable person.
"Boy! false hound!"
- 10 A houndfish.
- 1 To persistently harass doggedly. transitive
"He hounded me for weeks, but I was simply unable to pay back his loan."
- 2 pursue or chase relentlessly wordnet
- 3 To urge on against; to set (dogs) upon in hunting. archaic, transitive
"We both thought we saw what had the appearance to be a fox, and hounded the dogs at it, but they would not pursue it."
Etymology
From Middle English hound, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from pre-Germanic *ḱuntós (compare Latvian sùnt-ene (“big dog”), enlargement of Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Doublet of canine. In 14th-century England, hound was the general word for all domestic canines, and dog referred to a subtype resembling the modern mastiff and bulldog. By the 16th century, dog had become the general word, and hound had begun to refer only to breeds used for hunting.
From Middle English hounden, from the noun (see above).
From Middle English hownde, hount, houn, probably from Old Norse húnn, from Proto-Germanic *hūnaz.
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