hunt the gowk

A fool's errand. "I thought, just to be sent out on a hunt-the- gork errand wi' a land-louper like that."-Scott: Guy Manner ing , ch. xlv. hun-têr, *hunt-are, s. [Eng. hunt; -er.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. One who follows the chase; one who hunts game or wild animals for the sake of killing or capturing them; a huntsman. 2. A dog employed in hunting; a hound. IMG:content-1354.png:[blocks in formation]