wolfingn.
/ˈwʊlfɪŋ/ Hunting for wolves. Also attributive.
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1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 128 When the wolfing season has commenced on the prairies, the hunter impregnates the carcase of a buffalo..with strychnine and places it in a likely position.
1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer 13 The stock in trade of a party engaged in ‘wolfing’ consists in flour, bacon and strychnine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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