Hunting

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• Hunting

  Mentioned first in Gen. 10:9 in connection with Nimrod. Esau was "a cunning hunter" (Gen. 25:27). Hu...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• hunting

  Drawing in unwary persons to play or game. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Hunting

  Hunting, as a matter of necessity, whether for the extermination of dangerous beasts or for procurin...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Fox-hunting

  ·adj Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• squirrel hunting

  See hunting. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• run-hunting

  exploring for a new run. See Run. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' c. xix. p. 238: «What...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• house-hunting

  In the city of New York all houses are let from the 1st day of May, and the landlords have assumed t...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• man-hunting

  The impress service. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• hunting the squirrel

  An amusement practised by postboys and stage-coachmen, which consists in following a one-horse chais...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose