Hunting; the chase.

The action of hunt, v. The action or practice of chasing game or other wild animals, either for profit or sport; the chase.

hunting; also figurative, baiting, instigation.

The action of seizing or taking something forcibly; pillage, plunder. Also (chiefly Scottish): the action of hunting or seizing prey. Obsolete.

The practice or sport of hunting beasts of game; the chase. Also attributive.

The action or occupation of hunting wild animals.

The action or practice of hunting; venery. Obsolete. rare.

the chase: the occupation or pastime of hunting wild animals for profit or (more usually) sport; ‘hunting’.

attributive and in other combinations, as †chasing spear, chasing staff.

The action or practice of hunting or fishing; chiefly, unlawful taking of game; also, the right to hunt game.

The act of hunting. The act of chasing wild animals for the purpose of catching or killing them; the chase.

The van, front, or advanced part of the chase or hunt. Obsolete.

Chase; hunting.

= vanchase, n. (See also quot. 1688.)

A sport or recreation that is pursued out of doors; esp. hunting, shooting, or fishing. Usually in plural.

Hunting; sport (shooting and hunting); game. on shikar, on a hunting expedition, out hunting.

The position, office, or business of a huntsman; the art of hunting.

plural cynegetics n. hunting, the chase.

(with the) (a) hunting; (b) warfare; (c) horse racing (now the usual sense); (d) surfing.

(usually in plural) a sport involving the hunting, wounding, or killing of animals; also figurative.