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HOUND , a See also:dog, now used, except in See also:poetry, only of See also:dogs of the See also:chase, and particularly of the breed used in See also:hunting the See also:fox, the " hound " See also:par excellence . Other breeds have a defining word prefixed, e.g. See also:boar-hound, See also:stag-hound, &c . (see Doc) . The O, Eng. hund is the See also:common See also:Teutonic name for the See also:animal,cf . Du. hond, Ger . Hund, &c., and is cognate with Sansk. See also:van, Gr . Kuwv, See also:Lat. canis, Ir. and Gael. cu . |
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