Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a limmer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer.
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- noun A
dog used in hunting the wildboar ; aleamer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is not her high abstraction of justice, Sir Artegal, who does the murderous deed, but his man _Talus_, retributive justice, who, like a limehound, finds her hidden under a heap of gold, and drags her forth by her fair locks, in such rueful plight that even Artegal pities her:
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee
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They leashed their limehound then, and told the Burgundians how Siegfried had prospered.
The Fall of the Niebelungs Margaret [Translator] Armour
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Soon after, he encountered a grim lion, that the limehound started.
The Fall of the Niebelungs Margaret [Translator] Armour
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Whatsoever the limehound started, the hero of the Netherland slew with his hand.
The Fall of the Niebelungs Margaret [Translator] Armour
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The limehound tracked a wild boar next that began to flee.
The Fall of the Niebelungs Margaret [Translator] Armour
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Then an old huntsman took a limehound, and brought the company where there was game in plenty.
The Fall of the Niebelungs Margaret [Translator] Armour
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Nothing that the limehound started could escape Siegfried.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914
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Then there came an old huntsman with a limehound and led the sportsmen to where there was an abundance of game.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914
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The limehound was slipped and the bear lumbered off, pursued by Siegfried and his men.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914
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All, that the limehound started, anon with mighty hand
Song and Legend from the Middle Ages Porter Lander MacClintock 1906
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