Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
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. |
bowhunt | to hunt with a bow and arrow. |
bowhunter bowsman | 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. |
neckshot | a shot in the neck of an animal. |
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. |
sabbing | the act of engaging in direct action to prevent a targeted activity, esp fox hunting. |
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. |
swiling | the activity of hunting seals. |
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. |