| Hunt (hunt) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Hunt |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Hunted] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Hunting.] [AS. huntian to hunt] cf. hentan to
follow, pursue, Goth. hin(?)an (in comp.) to seize. ***radic]36.
Cf. He |
To search for or follow
after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose
of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or
exercise; as, to hunt a deer.
To search diligently after; to seek; to
pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to
hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence.
To drive; to chase; -- with down,
from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal;
he was hunted from the parish.
To use or manage in the chase, as
hounds.
To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as,
he hunts the woods, or the country.
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To
follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with
hounds.
To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with
for or after.
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The
act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit;
search.
The game secured in the hunt.
A pack of hounds.
An association of huntsmen.
A district of country hunted
over.
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To be in a state of instability of movement or
forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the
balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which
moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, or the like;
also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in
parallel.
To shift up and
down in order regularly.
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To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of
changes.
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