hound

(hound), v. t [ on the chase; incite to pursuit. As he who only lets loose a greyhound out of the slip is said to hound him at the hare. Abp, Bramhall. 2. To hunt or pursue with or as if with hounds: as, to hound deer. If the wolves had been hounded by tigers. Sir R. L’ Estrange. 8. To pursue or hara as if with hounds: as, to hound one on to ruin. I shall be hounded up and down the world; Now every villain that is wretch enough To take the price of blood dreams of my throat. Otway, Caius Marius, iv. 2. It is to be hounded off and shouted down. Pop. Sci. Mo,, XX XIII, 68, 4. To follow like a hound; track; trail. It is no more but by following and as it were hounding nature in her wanderings, to be able to lead her afterwards to the same place again, Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. To hound out, to set on; encourage to do injury to othan Ribton-Turner, Vagrants and Vagrancy, p. 350 (note), Slang.]