A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.
Any canine animal.
Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop.
To persistently harass doggedly.
He hounded me for weeks, but I was simply unable to pay back his loan.
A small village and civil parish in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4708).
From Middle English hound, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from pre-Germanic *ḱuntós (compare Latvian sùnt-ene (“big dog”), enlargement of Proto-Ind...
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To urge on against; to set (dogs) upon in hunting.
We both thought we saw what had the appearance to be a fox, and hounded the dogs at it, but they would not pursue it.