lyme-hound

[ lahym-hound ]

noun

1. lyam-hound.

Example Sentences

“Lyam.”—A band or thong by which to lead a hound; hence lyme-hound.

From Project Gutenberg

And Hart read: One thing is certain in our Northern land; Allow that birth, or valor, wealth, or wit, Give each precedence to their possessor, Envy, that follows on such eminence, As comes the lyme-hound on the roebuck's trace, Shall pull them down each one.

From Project Gutenberg

He fled, a ruined man, back to his native county and his noble old seat of Affton; but Ate is on the heels of such - 'Slowly she tracks him and sure, as a lyme-hound, sudden she grips him, Crushing him, blind in his pride, for a sign and a terror to mortals.'

From Project Gutenberg

Thou art the lyme-hound, I am the gaze-hound; and thy patron will need the aid of both, and can well afford to requite it.

From Project Gutenberg

He has the stanch lyme-hound to track the wounded buck over hill and dale, but he hath also the fleet gaze-hound to kill him at view.

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