单词 | gaze-hound |
释义 | gaze-houndn. Now chiefly historical. A species of dog used in hunting, which follows its prey by sight and not by scent. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > that follows prey by scent or sight racheeOE ratchet1563 gaze-hound1570 roader1817 1570 J. Caius De Canibus Britannicis f. 11 Similiter a verbo nostrati gase, (quod fixius rem aliquam contueri est) Gasehunde appellatur nostris, quem ante Agasæum nominari diximus. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. iv. 9 English-Mastiffes, Gase Hounds (or Lurchers) and Tumblers, are in special request. 1714 Tickell in Steele's Poet. Misc. 178 See'st thou the Gaze-hound! how with Glance severe From the close Herd he marks the destin'd Deer! 1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. Introd. 61 And foresters, in green-wood trim, Lead in the leash the gaze-hounds grim. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xxii. 250 I entered the house with some wrath upon me at seeing the gazehounds in the yard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1570 |
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