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ˈfire-hunting, vbl. n. U.S.
[fire n. B. 3 b.]
a. The firing of timber to drive out game.
b. Hunting by night in which lights are used to attract or reveal the game. Hence (in sense b) ˈfire-hunt n., ˈfire-hunt v. trans. and intr., ˈfire-hunter.
1705R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. 39 They [sc. Indians] had a better Way of killing the.. greater Game, by a method which we call Fire-Hunting: that is,..they wou'd Fire the Woods. 1788M. Dewees Jrnl. (MS.) 17v Had Several Gentlemen to dine..expecting a fire hunt of some deer. 1814Sporting Mag. XLIV. 62 The method of approaching..the red deer..by means of fire-hunting them. 1833Amer. Turf Reg. Feb. 305 Here we took our first drive; but..a ‘fire hunter’ had anticipated us the previous night. 1852Haliburton Traits Amer. Humor III. 171 The fire-hunt was Sam's hobby. 1875E. King Southern States N. Amer. 417 The sportsman..may ‘fire-hunt’ the deer in the forests. 1885T. Roosevelt Hunting Trips v. 158 Fire-hunting is never tried in the cattle country. 1891Outing Dec. 236/1 No sooner had he eaten his supper each day than he began to importune the younger men of the party to join him in a ‘fire hunt’... Beverly carried the gun, his chief the torch, consisting of ‘lightwood’ knots blazing in the bowl of a long-handled frying pan. 1948E. N. Dick Dixie Frontier 35 Fire hunting..was most effective on a dark night. |