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To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.

A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc. [U.S.] Baird.

f action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons. "She to her tackle fell." Hudibras.

Swiftly; speedily; rapidly; -- a fox-hunting term; as, to ride tantivy.

A post, or station, in hunting. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.

The hunting spiders, which run after, or leap upon, their prey.

Of or, pertaining to hunting.

Of or pertaining to hunting; used in hunting. [R.] " Venatical pleasure." Howell.

The act or art of hunting, or the state of being hunted. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Or or pertaining to hunting; venatic. [R.]

The art, act, or practice of hunting; the sports of the chase. "Beasts of venery and fishes." Sir T. Browne. I love hunting and venery. Chaucer.

A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn.

One who kills a fox, except in hunting; also, the act of so killing a fox. [Written also vulpecide.]

A privilege which one has in his lands, by royal grant or prescription, of hunting and taking wild beasts and birds of warren, to the exclusion of any other person not entering by his permission. Spelman. They wend both warren and in waste. Piers Plowman.

The hunting of whales.

Originally, a large hound used in hunting wolves; now, any one of certain breeds of large dogs, some of which are nearly identical with the great Danes.