| 单词 | line-hunter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasline-hunter line-hunter n. a hound which follows its quarry by the line of the scent alone. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > that hunts by scent brachc1400 brachetc1400 draught-hound1598 draught-dog1656 line-hunter1851 drag-hound1884 bratchet- 1851 R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour lxvii, in New Monthly Mag. Mar. 319 Many of them [sc. hounds] had their heads up... Some few of the line hunters were persevering with the scent over the greasy ground. 1856 G. J. Whyte-Melville Kate Coventry xii They are capital ‘line~hunters’, so says John. 1890 Sat. Rev. 1 Feb. 135/1 In the vast forests of Europe a line-hunter on the scent of an ungalled hart would be lost to all eternity. < as lemmas |
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