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<hw>Haunched</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having haunches.</def>

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<hw>Haunt</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Haunted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Haunting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>hanter</ets>; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. <ets>ambitare</ets> to go about, fr. L. <ets>ambire</ets> (see <er>Ambition</er>); or cf. Icel. <ets>heimta</ets> to demand, regain, akin to <ets>heim</ets> home (see <er>Home</er>). &root;36.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.</def>

<blockquote>You wrong me, sir, thus still to <b>haunt</b> my house. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Those cares that <b>haunt</b> the court and town. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.</def>

<blockquote>Foul spirits <b>haunt</b> my resting place. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To practice; to devote one's self to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>That other merchandise that men <b>haunt</b> with fraud . . . is cursed. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Leave honest pleasure, and <b>haunt</b> no good pastime. <i>Ascham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To accustom; to habituate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Haunt</b> thyself to pity. <i>Wyclif.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Haunt</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To persist in staying or visiting.</def>

<blockquote>I've charged thee not to <b>haunt</b> about my doors. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Haunt</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A place to which one frequently resorts; <as>as, drinking saloons are the <ex>haunts</ex> of tipplers; a den is the <ex>haunt</ex> of wild beasts.</as></def>

<note>&hand; In Old English the place occupied by any one as a dwelling or in his business was called a <i>haunt</i>.</note>

<note> Often used figuratively.

<blockquote>The household nook, The <b>haunt</b> of all affections pure. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The feeble soul, a <b>haunt</b> of fears. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote> </note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The habit of resorting to a place.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>haunt</b> you have got about the courts. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Practice; skill.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Of clothmaking she hadde such an <b>haunt</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Haunt"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions; frequented by a ghost.</def>