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still-hunt, v. U.S.
[Back-formation from still-hunting vbl. n.]
1. trans. To hunt in a stealthy manner; to stalk.
1877C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer 81 (Cent.) The best time to still-hunt deer is just before sunset, when they come down from the hills to drink. 1885Roosevelt Hunting Trips 327 (Cent.) The only way to get one [a grizzly] is to put on moccasins and still-hunt it in its own haunts.
2. intr. To hunt for game in a stealthy manner.
1858Harper's Mag. Oct. 615/2 An old woodsman..had been, without success, still-hunting. 1863E. H. Walshe Cedar Creek 107 You see I'm often away trapping or still-hunting. 1881Scribner's Monthly XXII. 859/1 On rainy days, we go out from camp, singly, and ‘still-hunt’ for deer. 1894Outing XXIV. 261/1, I was not still-hunting, though I made but slight disturbance. 1942W. Faulkner Go down, Moses 149 Once, still-hunting with Walter Ewell's rifle, he saw it [sc. a bear] cross a long corridor of down timber where a tornado had passed. |