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Definition of Hounding
1. n. The act of one who hounds.
Definition of Hounding
1. Verb. (present participle of hound#Verb hound) ¹
2. Noun. Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless. ¹
3. Noun. (nautical) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hounding
1. hound [v] - See also: hound
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hounding
Literary usage of Hounding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... The ban of Church and State, the fierce mob'e hounding down. To hold liia way
against the public frown, For while he wrought with strenuous will The ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Spenser niso uses it: The Latin name, Which mear'd her rule with ifric and with
Byte. For hounding and wearing, to him that will keepe it Ruins of S., ..."
3. The Future of German Industrial Exports: Practical Suggestions for by Siegfried Herzog (1918)
"... CHAPTER SIX THE CHINESE WALL OF SECRECY hounding Allied Money Out of
Germany!—"Capital Does Not Exist Independently of the State"—Prods to Speed Up ..."
4. The English Revolution of the Twentieth Century: A Prospective History by Henry Lazarus (1897)
"hounding DESPAIR INTO DESPERATION. " HUNGER HALL" is a filthy, bare, dismantled
bam of considerable dimensions. It is night. The dismal place is faintly ..."
5. Documents Accompanying the Journal by Michigan Legislature. Senate (1871)
"L. Burrow, IR Livingston, and 5000 others, of Saginaw county, against the passage
of the bill in relation to the hounding of deer; Referred to the committee ..."
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