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Definition of Still-hunt
1. Verb. Hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing.
Generic synonyms: Hunt, Hunt Down, Run, Track Down
Derivative terms: Ambush, Ambusher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Still-hunt
Literary usage of Still-hunt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"His plan was very appropriately called a "still-hunt," and resulted not only in
a very heavy vote for Buchanan but also in a decided majority for Broderick. ..."
2. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1897)
"His plan was very appropriately called a "still-hunt," and resulted not only in
a very heavy vote for Buchanan but also in a decided majority for Broderick. ..."
3. By Oak and Thorn: A Record of English Days by Alice Brown (1896)
"... A STILL HUNT WE would hear the nightingale, but, more slenderly equipped than
John Burroughs in the same fine quest, we had not the certainty of making ..."
4. Twenty Years at Sea: Or, Leaves from My Old Log-books by Frederic Stanhope Hill (1893)
"... CHAPTER VII A SUCCESSFUL STILL HUNT ABOUT three months after my adventure in
the bay, the doctor came to me one morning after quarters and reported that ..."
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