Part 5447

<blockquote>Like a dog, he <b>hunts</b> in dreams. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with <i>out</i> or <i>up</i>; <as>as, to <ex>hunt</ex> up the facts; to <ex>hunt</ex> out evidence.</as></def>

<blockquote>Evil shall <b>hunt</b> the violent man to overthrow him. <i>Ps. cxl. 11.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To drive; to chase; -- with <i>down</i>, <i>from</i>, <i>away</i>, etc.; <as>as, to <ex>hunt</ex> down a criminal; he was <ex>hunted</ex> from the parish.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>hunts</b> a pack of dogs. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To use or traverse in pursuit of game; <as>as, he <ex>hunts</ex> the woods, or the country</as>.</def>

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<hw>Hunt</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.</def>

<blockquote>Esau went to the field to <b>hunt</b> for venison. <i>Gen. xxvii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with <i>for</i> or <i>after</i>.</def>

<blockquote>He after honor <b>hunts</b>, I after love. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To hunt counter</col>, <cd>to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Hunt</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>hunt</b> is up; the morn is bright and gray. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The game secured in the hunt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A pack of hounds.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An association of huntsmen.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A district of country hunted over.</def>

<blockquote>Every landowner within the <b>hunt</b>. <i>London Field.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Hunt"-count`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Hunt"e</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hunta</ets>.]</ety> <def>A hunter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>