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Hound   /haʊnd/   Listen
Hound

noun
1.
Any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears.  Synonym: hound dog.
2.
Someone who is morally reprehensible.  Synonyms: blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, heel.
verb
(past & past part. hounded; pres. part. hounding)
1.
Pursue or chase relentlessly.  Synonyms: hunt, trace.  "The detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"



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"Hound" Quotes from Famous Books



... his helm was rich, inlaid with gold, And, from the fluted spine atop, a plume Of horsehair waved, a scarlet horsehair plume. So arm'd, he issued forth; and Ruksh, his horse, 270 Follow'd him like a faithful hound at heel— Ruksh, whose renown was noised through all the earth, The horse, whom Rustum on a foray once Did in Bokhara by the river find A colt beneath its dam, and drove him home, 275 And rear'd him; a bright bay, with ...
— Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems • Matthew Arnold

... unconsciously runs, as a schoolboy after school. His smile breaks into ringing laughter; and he, not you, knows why he either smiles or laughs. He and sunlight seem close of kin. A mountain is a challenge he never refuses, but scales it by bounds, like a deer when pursued by the hunter and the hound. He is not tonic, but bracing air and perfect health and youth, which makes labor a holiday and care a jest. Shakespeare is never morose. Dante is the picture of melancholy, Shakespeare the picture of resilient joy. Tennyson beheld "three spirits, mad with joy, dash down upon a wayside ...
— A Hero and Some Other Folks • William A. Quayle

... clear as noonday," cried the squire. "This is the black-hearted hound's account-book. These crosses stand for the names of ships or towns that they sank or plundered. The sums are the scoundrel's share, and where he feared an ambiguity, you see he added something clearer. 'Offe Caraccas,' now; you see, here was ...
— Treasure Island • Robert Louis Stevenson

... deterrent against crime is not vindictive punishment; the more certain you make detection, the less severe your punishment may be. The brilliant sleuth-hound work of which we read so often is a less important factor in police work than organisation. Organisation it is which holds the peace of London. It is organisation that plucks the murderer from his fancied security at the ends of the ...
— Scotland Yard - The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police • George Dilnot

... graceful scene, scarcely needed the aid of any external object to enhance the pleasurable sensation that already filled his breast. The stately horse on which he sat, seemed, by its light steps, and by ever and anon proudly prancing, to share in the animation of its rider. So, the noble stag-hound that followed, and continually looked up contentedly at its master, appeared, likewise, a participator in the general content. The stranger had indeed cause to rejoice, for he was upon the fairest errand. He bad wooed and won the gentle heiress of a proud, ...
— The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney • Samuel Warren


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