hunt 
ffinit.~\ One who hunts; a hunter; a hunts- 
man. 
Ther overtok I a grete route 
Of huntes and eke of foresterys. 
Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 361. 
huntable (hun'ta-bl), a. [< hunt + -able.'] Able 
or fit to be hunted. [Bare.] 
In this plantation or In that are, it may be, fifteen or 
twenty deer, of which but one or two are huntable. 
Nineteenth Century, XX. 509. 
hunt-countert (hunt'koun'ter), w. [See to limit 
counter, under hunt, v. t.] A dog that hunts 
counter ; hence, one who turns upon another, 
or "talks back"; a malapert. 
Attendant. Give me leave to tell you, you He in your 
throat, if you say I am any other than an honest man. 
FalstaJI'. I give thee leave to tell me BO? . . . You hunt- 
connttr, hence ! avaunt ! Shak., 2 Hen. IV., i. 2. 
hunter (hun'ter), 11. [< ME. hunter, him (<><. 
holder; < hunt, r., + !.] 1. One who hunts; 
a huntsman ; one who engages in the chase of 
game or other wild animals. 
Cel. He was furnished like a hunter. 
Roe. O ominous ! he conies to kill my hart ! 
Skat., As you Like it, 111. 2. 
Down from a hill the beaat that reigns in woods, 
First hunter then, pursued a gentle brace, 
Goodliest of all the forest, hart and hind. 
Milton, P. L., xl. 188. 
2. An animal that hunts game or prey, or is 
employed in the chase ; especially, a norse used 
in hunting. 
Of dogs : the valued die 
Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, 
The housekeeper, the hunter. Shak., Macbeth, ill. 1. 
The representative of Cambridge, riding a good steady 
hunter, . . . cantered in by himself. 
Laurence, Guy Livingstone, iv. 
3. A large cuckoo, Piaya pluvialis, found in 
Jamaica. 4. A spider which hunts for its prey 
instead of lying in wait for it, as a lycosid or 
wolf-spider. Also called hunting-spider. 
Hunterian (hun-te'ri-an), a. Of, pertaining to, 
or named after (a) John Hunter, a noted 
Scottish surgeon and physiologist (1728-93), 
founder of the Hunteriau collection of speci- 
mens in anatomy, etc., the nucleus of the pres- 
ent great Hunterian Museum in London; or 
(b) his brother, William Hunter (1718-83), 
anatomist, and founder of the Hunterian col- 
lection in Glasgow. 
The Hunterian Oration, instituted in 1813 by Dr. Baillie 
and Sir Everard Home, Is delivered at the Royal College 
of Surgeons on the 14th of February, which [John) Hunter 
used to give as the anniversary of his birth. 
Encyc. Brit., XII. 386. 
Hunterian canal. See Hunter's canal, under canali. 
Hunterian chancre, the true or hard chancre ; the Ini- 
tial lesion of syphilis. 
Hunter's canal, press, screw. See the nouns. 
huntetht, [ME., also honteth, < AS. huntath, 
huntoth,a\sohuntnath, httntnotli, hunting, < luin- 
tian, hunt: see hunt, t>.] Hunting; the chase. 
Rob. of Gloucester, p. 375. 
huntilite (hun'ti-Ht), . [Named after T. S. 
Hunt, an American scientist.] A silver ar- 
senide occurring with metallic silver at Silver 
Islet in Lake Superior, Michigan. 
hunting (hun'ting), . [< ME. hunting, hont- 
ing, < AS. huntung, verbal n. of hunt/an, hunt: 
see hunt, t>.] 1. The pursuit of game; the art 
or practice of pursuing wild animals in any way 
for the purpose of capturing or killing them ; 
the chase, either as a source of livelihood or as 
a recreation or field sport ; absolutely, in Eng- 
land, fox-hunting; coursing. 
In our time [twelfth century], . . . hunting and hawk- 
ing are esteemed the most honourable employments, and 
most excellent virtues, by our nobility. 
John of Salisbury, quoted in Strutt's Sports and 
[Pastimes, p. 62. 
My lords, a solemn hunting is In hand. 
Shak., Tit. And., li. 1. 
In one of these huntings they found me In the discov- 
ery of the head of the river of Chickahamania, where they 
slew my men, and tooke me prisoner in a Bogmire. 
Capt. John Smith, Works, I. 134. 
There being little plough-land, and few woods, the Vale 
is only an average sporting country, except for hunting. 
T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby, L 1. 
2. In change-ringing, the operation of chang- 
ing the order in which any bell in a peal is rung. 
See hunt, t>. i., .i.-Syn. Shooting. See gunning. 
hunting-box (hun'tmg-boks), n. In Great Brit- 
ain, a small house intended to be occupied only 
during the hunting season. Such a house is 
commonly called shooting-box in the United 
States. 
It was apparently originally erected as a Aimtiiw-Cwx 
on the edge of the desert for the use of the Persian king. 
J. Fergusson, Hist Arch., I. 387. 
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hunting-cap (hun'ting-kap), M. A cap worn 
in the hunting-field, resembling a jockey-cap, 
but stiffer and harder. 
One of those horsey -looking men who are to be found in 
all hunting-fields, who wear old breeches, . . . old hunt- 
ing-raps. Trollope, Eustace Diamonds, xxxvii. 
hunting-case (huu'ting-kas), ii. A watch-case 
having a hinged cover to protect the crystal, 
originally against accidents in hunting. See 
Innitinij-tratch. 
hunting-coat (hun'ting-kot), n. A coat worn 
by huntsmen, usually of some distinctive color, 
as scarlet or green. 
hunting-cog (hun'ting-kog), . In ntaelt., an 
extra cog in that one of two cog-wheels which is 
thus cut with one tooth more than it would have 
if the numbers of teeth on the two wheels were 
to be in a certain ratio to each other. Thus, for ex- 
ample, if a shaft is required to revolve three times as fast 
as Its driving-shaft, 72 and 24 arc a pair of numbers for 
teeth that would effect this result ; and such numbers 
would suit a watchmaker, one being a multiple of the 
other ; but the millwright would add one tooth to the 
larger wheel (the hunting-cog), and thus obtain 73 and 24, 
which numbers are prime to each other and yet are very 
nearly in the desired ratio. In the pair of wheels whose 
numbers are so obtained, any two teeth which meet in the 
first revolution are distant by one In the second, by two 
in the third, and so on ; so that one tooth may be said to 
I' a nt the other, whence the name. The object of adding 
the hunting-cog is to effect a change of contact between 
teeth in consecutive revolutions. ( MV///X. ) 
hunting-crop (hun'ting-krop), 11. See crop, 14. 
hunting-dog (hun'ting-dog), n. See dog. 
Huntingdonian (hun-ting-do'ni-an), n. Ecclcs., 
a member of the Countess of Huntingdon's Con- 
nection, a denomination of Calvinistic Method- 
ists in England and Wales, adherents of George 
Whitefiela and Selina, Countess of Huntingdon 
(1707-91), after their separation from the Wes- 
leys. The sect is congregational in polity. 
hunting-field (hun'ting-feld), ii. The place 
where a hunt is carried on. 
The privates are from the classes which either possess 
or can lx>rrow riding horses and subscribe a little money 
at a pinch; many of them are to be seen more or less of- 
ten In the hunting-field. 
Fortnightly Ken., N. S., XLIII. 168. 
hunting-ground (hun'tiug-ground), n. A place 
or region for hunting. 
So to the lii>nt>n<r-?rri>tm<t he hies. 
To chase till eve the forest-game. 
Bryant, Legend of the Delawares. 
Happy hunting-grounds, the North American Indians' 
heaven. 
hunting-horn (hun'ting-hdrn), n. A simple 
horn used in hunting; a bugle. See cut under 
horn. 
hunting-jug (hun'ting-jug), . A jug or pitch- 
er ornamented with dogs, horsemen, stags, etc., 
in relief. 
hunting-knife (hun'ting-nif), . A knife used 
in the chase, sometimes to kill the game, but 
more commonly to skin and cut it up. See 
break, v. t., 12. 
hunting-leopard (him' ting-lep'ard), ii. The 
ehetah, Gueparda jubata or Cyncelurus jubatus 
of India. See cut under ehetah. 
hunting-seat (hun'ting-set), n. A residence 
temporarily occupied during the hunting sea- 
son. 
hunting-shirt (hun'ting-shert), w. A blouse or 
shirt worn by trappers and hunters, originally 
made of deerskin and highly ornamented. Bart- 
tett. 
A light, figured, and fringed hunting-shirt of cotton cov- 
ered his body, while leggings of deerskin rose to his knee. 
J. F. Cooper, Oak Openings, xl. 
hunting-skiff (hun'ting-skif), . A small boat 
used for hunting and fishing in rivers and lakes, 
of many sizes and styles. 
hunting-song (hun'ting-song), 11. A song sung 
in connection with hunting, or a composition of 
similar character. The melody generally in- 
troduces effects like the winding of a bugle- 
horn. 
hunting-spider (hun'ting-spi'der), 11. Same as 
hunter, 4. 
hunting-sword (hun'ting-sord), n. A sword 
made expressly for use in the chase, to kill the 
game when it is brought to bay. In the middle 
ages the hunting-sword is often represented in pictures of 
the boar-hunt, stag-hunt, etc., as exactly like a war-sword 
and held in the same manner ; but swords of special pat- 
tern were also made without a guard, or with a very small 
guard, one-edged and resembling a long knife. 
hunting-tide (hun'ting-tld), 11. The season of 
hunting; time of hunting. 
All the old echoes hidden in the wall 
Rang out like hollow woods at hunting-tide. 
Tennyson, Pelleas and Ettarre. 
hurdace 
hunting-watch (hun'ting-woch), n. A watch 
the glass or crystal of which is protected by a 
hunting-case or metallic cover. 
hunting-whip (hun'tiug-hwip), n. Same as 
InintiiKj-croji. See crojt, 14. 
Frank . . . could see that the man was dressed for 
hunting, . . . and that he was driving the pony with a 
hunting-whip. Trollope, Eustace Diamonds, xxxviii. 
huntress (hunt'res), n. [< ME. Inmteresse; < 
liunter -t- -e*.] A woman who hunts or follows 
the chase. 
And therwithal Diane gan appere 
With bowe in bond, right as an hnnteregse. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1489. 
Hence had the huntress Dian her dread bow, 
Fair silver-shafted queen. Milton, Comus, 1. 441. 
hunt-sergeant (hunt'sar"jent), n. An officer 
of Massachusetts in the colonial and provincial 
iieriod, having charge of the hunts for hostile 
ndians, which were carried on with hounds. 
Acts and Resolves of Produce of Massachusetts 
Bay (ed. Goodell), I. 599. 
huntsman (hunts'man), n.; f\.huntsmen(-raen). 
[< hunt's, poss. of li'unt, 11.1, + ia.] 1. One 
who hunts, or who practises hunting; a hunter. 
Lyke as a huntsman after weary chace. 
Spenser, Sonnets, Ixvll. 
Go, bid the huntsmen wake them with their horns. 
Shak., M. N. D., Iv. 1. 
2. The manager of a hunt ; a man employed to 
take the entire charge of the hounds and to 
start or beat up and direct the pursuit of game. 
huntsman's-cup (hunts 'manz-kup'), . A 
plant of the genus Sarracenia, particularly S. 
purpurea,the pitcher-plant or sidesaddle-flower 
of peat-bogs. 
huntsmanship (hunts'man-ship), . [< hunts- 
man + -a/m>.] The art or practice of hunting, 
or the qualifications of a huntsman. 
huntsman's-horn (hunts'manz-horn'), n. A 
plant, Sarracenia flava, a native of the southern 
Atlantic States, having curious leaves resem- 
bling a hunter's horn ; also, one of the leaves. 
hunt 8-Up (hunts'up), . [From the sentence 
"the hunt's up" i. e. the hunt is beginning, 
common in old songs and as a form of call.] 
The tune or call formerly played on the horn 
under the windows of sportsmen to awaken 
them; hence, in literature, something calcu- 
lated to arouse. 
The County Palatine 
Is come this morning with a band of French, 
To play him hunt's-vp with a point of war. 
Greene, Orlando Furioso. 
No sooner does the earth her flowery bosom brave, 
At such time as the year brings on the pleasant spring, 
But liuni'f up to the morn the feather'dT sj Ivans sing. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, xiii. 44. 
So dreamy-soft the notes, so far away 
They seem to fall, the horns of Oberon 
Blow their faint Hunt's-up from the good-time gone. 
Lowell, To a Lady Playing on the Cithern. 
huon-pine (hu'on-pin'), n. [< hvon, a native 
name, + pine 1 ."] A tree of the yew family, 
Dafrydium Franklinii, found in Tasmania, it 
is 80 to 100 feet in height and 20 feet in circumference ; 
the wood, which Is lightryellow in color, marked with dark 
wavy lines, is much esteemed in boat-building and various 
other uses. It is the best Australian wood for carving. 
hup 1 !, hupet, Middle English forms of hip 1 . 
Chaucer. 
hup 2 t, huppet, v. i. Middle English forms of 
hip s . 
hurt, . i. See Tmrr. 
Hura (hu'ra), n. [NL., from a S. Amer. name.] 
A genus of tropical 
American plants, be- 
longing to the natu- 
ral order Euphorbiacea, 
tribe Crotonece, and dif- 
fering from all other 
plants of the order in 
its many-celled ovary. 
//. erepitans, the sand-box 
tree, is remarkable for the 
loud report with which its 
seed-vessel bursts, whence it 
is often called the monkey s 
dinner-bell. It is a large 
branching tree with glossy 
poplar-like leaves, incon- 
spicuous dioacious flowers, 
and furrowed roundish fruits 
of the size of an orange. 
huraulite, n. See hn- 
reaulite. 
hUrCheOn (her'chon), II. Branch of Sand.boTn(^r<, 
A northern English and cnpitans). 
Scotch form of urchin. 
hurdt, n. A Middle English form of hoard 1 . 
hurdacet, hurdast, . See hurdiee. 
