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Definition of Grayhounds
1. grayhound [n] - See also: grayhound
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grayhounds
Literary usage of Grayhounds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"... account of the Battle of J/uy/i Leana ; discovery of such a ring in Kerry ;
the term also used for the collars of grayhounds, chiefly in Fenian tales. ..."
2. Witch Stories by Elizabeth Lynn Linton (1883)
"In gathering whereof he saw two grayhounds, viz., a black and a brown one, come
running ... And saith, the said grayhounds came to him, and fawned on him, ..."
3. Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social by John Stuart Mill (1848)
"The advantage of simple cooperation is illustrated by the case of two grayhounds
running together, which, it is said, will kill more hares than four ..."
4. Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social by John Stuart Mill (1848)
"... illustrated by the case of two grayhounds running together, which, it ia said,
will kill more hares than four grayhounds running separately. ..."
5. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1857)
"The ' grayhounds' are unquestionable, the mounted gallants, and the keeper holding
a brace of the dogs in couples in the foreground, unexceptionable ; but ..."
6. Travels Through the Interior Provinces of Colombia by John Potter Hamilton (1827)
"I went out with a friend of the Doctor's, and Mr. Cade, on horseback, to hunt
deer, with six couples of large rough grayhounds. We found one, and had a good ..."
7. Autobiography of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by Walter Scott (1831)
"An inexperienced varlet, who was nearer to them, instantly unloosed two tall
grayhounds, who sprang after the fugitive with all the fleetness of the north ..."
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