| hound | (n) any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears, Syn. hound dog |
| hound | (v) pursue or chase relentlessly, Syn. trace, hunt, Example: The hunters traced the deer into the woods; the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him |
| hound's-tongue | (n) perennial shrub of North America having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and pale-blue to purple flowers, Syn. Cynoglossum virginaticum |
| hound's-tongue | (n) biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers, Syn. Cynoglossum officinale |
| houndstooth check | (n) textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks, Syn. dog's-tooth check, dogs-tooth check, hound's-tooth check, dogstooth check |
| Hound | v. t. |
| Hound | n. [ 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&unr_;, Ir. & Gael. cu, L. canis, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, Skr. çvan. √229. Cf. Canine, Cynic, Kennel. ] Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Houndfish | n. (Zool.) Any small shark of the genus ☞ The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium catulus. The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), and to the silver gar. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Hounding | n. |
| Hound's-tongue | n. [ AS. hundes tunge. ] (Bot.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also |