houndishadj.
Of the nature of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish, canine.
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1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xx Two of the teeth hyghte Canini, houndysshe, to the lyknesse of houndes teeth.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 22) 1086 The houndish servilitie of base minds.
1830 Examiner 563/1 They have a houndish regard to the troughs of the kennel.
1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. 279 [They] employed snaky, houndish, and dragon-like animals for ornaments upon their crosses.
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adj.1398- to make one's recourse into
- to make one's recourse to
- to make one's repair
- to make one's repair to
- to make one's residence
- to make one's respects
- to make one's retinue with
- to make one's rhetoric
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- to make one's seat
- to make one's shrift
- to make one's soul
- to make one's stand
- to make one's stations
- to make one's toilet
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- to make one's way
- to make one's ways
- to make one's woning
- to make oneself a name
- to make oneself an ass
- to make oneself at home
- to make oneself even
- to make oneself felt
- to make oneself forth