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c dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc. Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs. Shak.

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 dog's-tongue.

shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish.

The act of one who hounds.

A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog.

A hound for baiting or hunting bears. Car

ieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff.

A hound for hunting deer. Master of the buckhounds, an officer in the royal household. [Eng.]

One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.

One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes.

A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent. Sir W. Scott.

See Greyhound.

f the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments. [Written also grayhound.]

See Harrier. A. Chalmers.

A dog of hell; an agent of hell. A hellhound, that doth hunt us all to death. Shak.

Same as Horehound.

d is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also hoarhound.] Fetid horehound, or Black horehound, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound (Ballota nigra). -- Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus, resembling mint, but not aromatic.

A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer. Spenser.

A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound. [Obs.] Shak.

A contemptuous name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil. [Obs.] Who's this, my mahound cousin Beau. & Fl.