Word Meanings - BUCKHOUND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A hound for hunting deer. Master of the buckhounds, an officer in the royal household.

Related words: (words related to BUCKHOUND)

• MASTERSHIP
  1. The state or office of a master. 2. Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority. Where noble youths for mastership should strive. Driden. 3. Chief work; masterpiece. Dryden. 4. An ironical title of respect. How now, seignior Launce ! what
• ROYALIZE
  to make royal. Shak.
• MASTEROUS
  Masterly. Milton.
• HUNT
  1. To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer. Like a dog, he hunts in dreams. Tennyson. 2. To search
• HUNT-COUNTER
  A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer. Shak.
• ROYALIZATION
  The act of making loyal to a king. Saintsbury.
• HUNTRESS
  A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana. Shak.
• MASTERFULLY
  In a masterful manner; imperiously. A lawless and rebellious man who held lands masterfully and in high contempt of the royal authority. Macaulay.
• HUNT'S-UP
  A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call. Shak. Time plays the hunt's-up to thy sleepy head. Drayton.
• ROYAL
  fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See Rich, and cf. regal, real a 1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state. 2. Noble;
• MASTERSINGER
  One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.
• MASTER
  A vessel having masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.
• HOUNDING
  The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck. (more info) 1. The act of one who hounds.
• OFFICER
  Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
• ROYALTY
  1. The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty. Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty. Holyday. 2. The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty.
• HOUNDFISH
  Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish , of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish. Note: The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is
• ROYALIST
  An adherent of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of the Bourbons in france); one attached to monarchical government. Where Ca'ndish fought, the Royalists prevailed. Waller.
• ROYALISM
  the principles or conduct of royalists.
• ROYALET
  A petty or powerless king. there were at this time two other royalets, as only kings by his leave. Fuller.
• MASTERLINESS
  The quality or state of being masterly; ability to control wisely or skillfully.
• CREMASTERIC
  Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
• BAGGAGE MASTER
  One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.
• SUPERROYAL
  Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.
• HELLHOUND
  A dog of hell; an agent of hell. A hellhound, that doth hunt us all to death. Shak.
• HAREHOUND
  See CHALMERS
• TOASTMASTER
  A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.
• SLOTHHOUND
  See SLEUTHHOUND
• FOXHOUND
  One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes.
• TASKMASTER
  One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer. Ex. i. 11. All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye. Milton.
• BANDMASTER
  The conductor of a musical band.
• WOLFHOUND
  Originally, a large hound used in hunting wolves; now, any one of certain breeds of large dogs, some of which are nearly identical with the great Danes.
• HARBOR MASTER
  An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.
• SLEUTHHOUND
  A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound.
• GREYHOUND
  A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments. (more info) Icel. greyhundr; grey greyhound + hundr dog; cf. AS. grghund. The
• PENNYROYAL
  An aromatic herb of Europe; also, a North American plant resembling it in flavor. Bastard pennyroyal See Blue curls, under Blue. (more info) puliall is ultimately derived fr. L. puleium, or pulegium regium (so called as being good against