ABSP - Hunting

Hunting

Words

abature	a trail through a wood beaten down by a stag.
alan aland alant	a large hunting-dog.
alew	a huntsman's cry of halloo.
antihunter	opposed to hunting.
antihunting	opposed to hunting.
basenji	a small African hunting-dog.
batfowl	to catch birds at night by confusing them with light.
batfowler	one who BATFOWLS, catches birds at night by confusing them with light.
battue	indiscriminate slaughter; the driving of game towards slaughter.
beagle	a breed of dog; (verb) to hunt with beagles.
beagler	one who hunts with beagles.
beagling	hunting with beagles.
benet	to catch in a net, to ensnare > BENETS, BENETTING, BENETTED.
bird	to catch or snare birds > BIRDS, BIRDING, BIRDED.
birdlime	a sticky substance used to trap birds; (verb) to smear or catch (as) with birdlime > BIRDLIMES, BIRDLIMING, BIRDLIMED.
blencher	one who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer, at a hunt.
blooding	a end-of-hunt ceremony whereby hunting novices are smeared with the blood of the dead fox.
boarhound	a dog used to hunt boar.
bowhunter	a person who hunts with a bow and arrow.
brach	a female hound > BRACHES or BRACHS.
buckhound	hound used for hunting deer.
chasseur	a hunter; a liveried hotel attendant.
clapnet	a net made to clap together suddenly by pulling a string.
coondog coonhound	a dog trained to hunt raccoons.
cote	a place of shelter for animals; (verb, arch.) to pass by; to outstrip (as one dog another) > COTES, COTING, COTED.
course	to cause hounds to chase game.
cubbing	cub-hunting.
currie	= QUARRY, the parts of an animal killed in hunting that were given to the hounds.
cynegetic	of or related to hunting.
deadfall	a type of trap.
deerhound	a hound used to hunt deer.
deerstalking	the sport of stalking deer.
dogging	shooting with dogs.
ducking	duck-hunting.
ensnare insnare	to catch in a snare.
ferreter	one who hunts with ferrets.
fewmet	the dung of deer, hares etc.
flewed	furnished with hanging lips, as hounds are.
flews	the pendulous corners of a hound's lips.
fowl	to hunt birds.
fowler	one that fowls.
fowling	the act of hunting for wildfowl > FOWLINGS.
foxhound	a hound used for hunting foxes.
foxhunt	(verb) to hunt foxes.
foxhunter	one who hunts foxes.
fumet	the dung of deer, hares etc. Also FEWMET. 2. the scent of game when high, in which sense also FUMETTE.
gundog	a dog trained to work with a hunter or gamekeeper.
gunning	the act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun.
hamble	to make (a dog) useless for hunting (by cutting the balls of its feet).
harrier	a medium-sized scenting dog for hunting hares
hoicks	a cry to encourage hounds; to utter such a cry.
hound	a dog bred for hunting; (verb) to pursue.
huic	an interjection to encourage hounds.
hunt	to pursue for food or sport.
huntable	that can be hunted.
hunter	one that hunts; a horse used for hunting.
hunting	an instance of searching.
huntress	a female hunter.
huntsman	a hunter.
insnare	see ENSNARE.
jacklight	a light used especially in hunting at night.
jaeger jager yager	a huntsman.
keddah kheda khedah	an enclosure used for the capture of wild elephants.
kennet	a type of small hunting-dog.
lamping	the hunting of ferrets etc. by using bright lights to lure them out of their holes.
larker	a catcher of larks.
livetrap	to capture in a type of animal trap.
machan	a raised platform, esp. in a tree, to watch for game.
meuse	a small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; (verb) to pass through a MEUSE.
mews	to pass through a MEUSE > MEWSES, MEWSING, MEWSED.
mort	the note sounded on a hunting horn when an animal is killed.
muset musit	a MEUSE, a gap in a fence or thicket through which an animal passes.
muttonbirder	in New Zealand, a person who hunts muttonbirds.
nimrod	a jocular name for a hunter.
nonhunter	one who does not hunt.
nonhunting	not given to hunting.
nonsporting	lacking the qualities of a sporting dog.
outhunt	to surpass in hunting.
overhunt	to hunt to excess.
oxer	in foxhunting, an ox-fence.
pigstick	to hunt pigs with a spear on horseback > PIGSTICKS, PIGSTICKING, PIGSTICKED or PIGSTUCK.
pigsticker	one who sticks pigs.
pitfall	a lightly covered hole as a trap.
pointer	a GUNDOG.
pothunter	one who hunts game for the pot.
quarry	the object of a pursuit; the parts of an animal killed in hunting that were given to the hounds; (verb) to dig out, excavate.
rabbiter	one who catches rabbits.
rach rache ratch	a dog that hunts by scent.
rechate	a Shakespearian form of RECHEAT.
recheat	a strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game; (verb) to sound the recheat > RECHEATS, RECHEATING, RECHEATED.
redbone	a kind of hunting dog.
reynard	an appellation applied after the manner of a proper name to the fox.
ridgeback	a kind of large hunting dog.
rocketer	a bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.
safari	a hunter's or traveller's party or caravan, esp. in E. Africa; (verb) to go on safari > SAFARIS, SAFARIING, SAFARIED.
safarist	a person who goes on SAFARI.
saluki	a hound used in hunting gazelles.
scumber skummer	to void excrement.
sealer	one who hunts seals.
shikar	hunting, game; (verb) to hunt (animal) as sport.
shikaree shikari	a hunter, esp. of big game.
skirter	a huntsman who dodges jumps.
skummer	see SCUMBER.
smeuse	a MEUSE, a space through which an animal track passes.
snarer	one who sets snares.
soho	(Shakesp.) a huntsman's halloo.
spoor	a track or trail left by a hunted animal; (verb) to follow a trail.
spoorer	one who spoors, a tracker.
springe	a snare with noose and spring; (verb) to snare in a springe > SPRINGES, SPRINGING or SPRINGEING, SPRINGED.
springle	a snare, a SPRINGE.
staghound	a hound used for hunting stags.
stalker	one who stalks.
suffari	a safari.
swiler	in Newfoundland, a seal hunter.
tallyho	a hunting cry; (verb) to utter a hunting cry > TALLYHOS, TALLYHOING, TALLYHOED.
tantara tantarara	a hunting cry.
tantivy	a headlong dash or rapid gallop; (interj.) expressive of galloping or (later) expressive of the sound of the hunting-horn.
tinchel	a circle of men who close in round a herd of deer.
toho	a call to pointers or setters to stop.
tole	to lure or decoy.
toling	a method of decoying ducks etc by exciting theirattention.
trap	to catch in a trap > TRAPS, TRAPPING, TRAPPED or (obs.) TRAPT.
trapline	a series of traps.
tufter	a hound that drives deer out of cover.
turtle	(verb) to hunt turtles or tortoises. [These latter are pursued with the aid of very short-legged dogs called tortoise-hounds, specially bred for slowness so as to give the quarry a sporting chance. Hunts have been known to last for weeks...]
turtler	one who TURTLES.
uncape	to throw off the hounds.
uncope	to unmuzzle or unsew the mouth (of a ferret).
unhunted	not hunted.
venatic venatical	related to hunting > VENATICALLY.
venator	a huntsman.
venatorial	pertaining to hunting.
venerer	a gamekeeper; a hunter.
venery	hunting; also, the pursuit of sexual gratification.
vizsla	a Hungarian breed of hunting dog.
vulpicide	the killing of a fox other than by hunting.
warrantable	of sufficient age to be hunted.
waterfowler	one who hunts waterfowl.
wildfowler	one who hunts wildfowl.
wildfowling	the sport of hunting wildfowl.
wolfer wolver	a hunter of wolves.
wolfhound	hound used to hunt wolves.
wolfing wolving	the hunting of wolves for their skins.
wolve	to hunt for wolves.
wolver	see WOLFER.
yager	see JAGER.
yoick yoicks	a hunting cry to urge the hounds after the fox; (verb) to utter this cry.

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