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Hound
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a dog, now used, except in poetry, only of dogs of the chase, and particularly of the breed used in hunting the fox, the "hound" par excellence. Other breeds have a defining word prefixed, e.g. boar-hound, stag-hound, &c. (see DoG). The O. Eng. hund is the common Teutonic name for the animal, cf. Du. hond, Ger. Hund, &c., and is cognate with Sansk. Ivan, Gr. Kuwv, Lat. canis, Ir. and Gael. cu.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Hound'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​h/hound.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Hound'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​h/hound.html. 1910.