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Definition of Bloodhound
1. Noun. A breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking.
Definition of Bloodhound
1. n. A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff.
Definition of Bloodhound
1. Noun. A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bloodhound
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Medical Definition of Bloodhound
1. A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Bloodhound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Songs and Other Small Poems by Barry Cornwall (1851)
"THE bloodhound. SET TO MUSIC HY THE CHEVALIER ... why, e'en there I may still be
found By the side of my beautiful black bloodhound. ..."
2. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1899)
"The Man-hunting bloodhound. THE experiments in Yorkshire last October, and the
more recent match in Buckinghamshire, suggest reference to history to see how ..."
3. A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland by Rawdon Briggs Lee (1897)
"CHAPTER I. THE bloodhound. ALTHOUGH many writers have endeavoured to find the
origin of the bloodhound in the Talbot of ancient days, there is no reason to ..."
4. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by Thomas Hart Benton, United States Congress (1860)
"bloodhound»—Florida War. of the savages. If they believe that this cannot ...
that the Government had determined to use bloodhound» in the war against the ..."
5. The Visitor, Or, Monthly Instructor by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1848)
"The bloodhound. THERE are several varieties of dogs, which appear, ... The bloodhound
is supposed by many to have been the original breed uf hound in ..."
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