| 单词 | to seek dead |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto seek dead d. Sporting. to seek dead: chiefly in the imperative, as an order given to a dog to search for and retrieve killed game. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > signal [verb (intransitive)] > call to hounds hollo1613 yoicka1828 yoax1828 seek1840 yoicks1840 to seek dead1850 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (transitive)] > retrieve retrieve1832 to seek dead1850 1850 W. N. Hutchinson Dog Breaking (ed. 2) 162 If you wish to establish for ever a confirmed perseverance in ‘seeking dead’, you must sacrifice hours..rather than give up any of the first wounded birds. 1850 W. N. Hutchinson Dog Breaking (ed. 2) 163 The pertinacity with which some dogs will ‘seek dead’ is really surprising. < as lemmas |
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