A word used to set dogs upon pigs or other animals.
"There it is--that black and white thing--on that log," says Tom. Steboy; catch him!" say he [to the dog]. Ben run up with his light, and the first thing I heard him says was, "Peugh! oh, my Lord look out, fellers, it's a pole-cat."--Maj. Jones's Courtship, p. 55.