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he person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after the hounds. L'Estrange. Huntsman's cup (Bot.), the sidesaddle flower, or common American pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea).

The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter. Donne.

carried before the mayors of some cities. -- Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox. -- Cap paper. (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolsap, and legal cap. (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold commodities. Cap rock (Mining), The layer of rock ne…

To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join. Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds, . . . And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach. Shak.

of quantity. Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice of the | huntsman. Longfellow. Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and | limitless | billows, Nothing be- | fore and | nothing be- | hind but the | sky and the | ocean. Coleridge.

One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.

The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort. Chaucer.

le flower (Bot.), a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia.

The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds.

With great speed; -- a huntsman's word or sound. Dryden.

A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.

A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase.