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  • noun Plural form of hound.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hound.

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Examples

  • Nay, more than resembled, for it actually _was_ a pack of hounds -- of _wild hounds_!

    The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850

  • Also if you want to arge that hunting with hounds is inhumanie then would the whole practice of hunting be inhumane?

    Deer Tracking with Dogs 2008

  • You might want to check out the police site frequently as that is where the news hounds from the Main Stream Media get their facts, the conjecture they supply, though.

    Toronto Score Card 2007

  • You might want to check out the police site frequently as that is where the news hounds from the Main Stream Media get their facts, the conjecture they supply, though.

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • It was my arrows slew the hounds from the top of the cliff.

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

  • It was my arrows slew the hounds from the top of the cliff.

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1921

  • When I reached the point where the cougar had entered the slide, I called the hounds, but they did not come nor answer me.

    The Last of the Plainsmen Zane Grey 1905

  • 'This is only a poor, rough, ungentlemanly sort of shire, as far as I have seen it; and however they got on with the things I found that they called hounds I can't for the life of me imagine.

    Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833

  • Well-tailored dress shirts, chic leather boots and trendy jeans make Een Dutch for "one" a must-stop shop for discerning label hounds.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MERCEDEH SANATI 2011

  • In hashing, runners called hounds chase after another runner called the hare, who leaves a trail of flour or paper through fields, streams, and woods or, alternatively, through suburban neighborhoods, strip malls, and public parks.

    Long May You Run Chris Cooper 2010

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