| hound's-tongue | <botany> A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odour. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Synonym: dog's-tongue. Origin: AS. Hundes tunge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| basset hound | <zoology> A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog. Origin: F. Basset. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hound | 1. <zoology> A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, especially. One which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc. "Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs." (Shak) 2. A despicable person. "Boy! false hound!" 3. <zoology> A houndfish. 4. Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on. 5. A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle. To follow the hounds, to hunt with hounds. Origin: OE. Hound, hund, dog, AS. Hund; akin to OS. & OFries. Hund, D. Hond, G. Hund, OHG. Hunt, Icel. Hundr, Dan. & Sw. Hund, Goth. Hunds, and prob. To Lith. Sz, Ir. & Gael. Cu, L. Canis, Gr, Skr. Cvan. Cf. Canine, Cynic, Kennel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hound-dog facies | The facial appearance in cutis laxa, with loose facial skin hanging in folds. (05 Mar 2000) |