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<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A houndfish.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.</def>

<cs><col>To follow the hounds</col>, <cd>to hunt with hounds.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hound</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>Hound</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hounded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hounding</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; <as>as, to <ex>hound</ex>a dog at a hare; to <ex>hound</ex> on pursuers.</as></def>

<i>Abp. Bramhall.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds.</def>

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

<h1>Houndfish</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>Hound"fish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any small shark of the genus <spn>Galeus</spn> or <spn>Mustelus</spn>, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (<spn>G. canis</spn>), of Europe and America; -- called also <altname>houndshark</altname>, and <altname>dogfish</altname>.</def>

<note>&hand; The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is <spn>Scyllium canicula</spn>; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is <spn>S. catulus</spn>. The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (<spn>Pomatomus saltatrix</spn>), and to the silver gar.</note>

<h1>Hounding</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>Hound"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of one who hounds.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.</def>

<h1>Hound's-tongue</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>Hound's"-tongue`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hundes tunge</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A biennial weed (<spn>Cynoglossum officinale</spn>), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also <altname>dog's-tongue</altname>.</def>

<h1>Houp</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>Houp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Hoopoe</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Hour</h1> <Xpage=709>

<hw>Hour</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hour</ets>, <ets>our</ets>, <ets>hore</ets>, <ets>ure</ets>, OF. <ets>hore</ets>, <ets>ore</ets>, <ets>ure</ets>, F. <ets>heure</ets>, L. <ets>hora</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, orig., a definite space of time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the day, an hour. See <er>Year</er>, and cf. <er>Horologe</er>, <er>Horoscope</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes, and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the <i>hour</i>? At what <i>hour</i> shall we meet?</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or occasion; <as>as, the <ex>hour</ex> of greatest peril; the man for the <ex>hour</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Woman, . . . mine <b>hour</b> is not yet come. <i>John ii. 4.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>This is your <b>hour</b>, and the power of darkness. <i>Luke xxii. 53.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>Certain prayers to be repeated at stated times of the day, as matins and vespers.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A measure of distance traveled.</def>

<blockquote>Vilvoorden, three <b>hours</b> from Brussels. <i>J. P. Peters.</i></blockquote>