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A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for

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A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff.

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  • BREVIARY
    summary, abridgment, neut. noun fr. breviarius abridged, fr. brevis 1. An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary. A book entitled the abridgment or breviary of those roots that are to be cut up or gathered. Holland. 2. A
  • SMOOTHEN
    To make smooth.
  • BREAKMAN
    See BRAKEMAN
  • SMOOTHNESS
    Quality or state of being smooth.
  • BREAKABLE
    Capable of being broken.
  • BREADEN
    Made of bread.
  • BREECHCLOTH
    A cloth worn around the breech.
  • POWERFUL
    Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
  • SMOOTH
    1. The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray. 2. That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The smooth of his neck." Gen. xxvii. 16.
  • TRACKLAYER
    Any workman engaged in work involved in putting the track in place. -- Track"lay`ing, n.
  • FORMERLY
    In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
  • BREADBASKET
    The stomach. S. Foote.
  • BREWER
    One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
  • BREADFRUIT
    The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree. (more info) 1. The fruit of a tree found
  • ESCAPE
    1. To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of. Haste, for thy life escape, nor look behindKeble. 2. To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm. Such heretics . . . would have
  • BREQUET CHAIN
    A watch-guard.
  • BRETFUL
    Brimful. Chaucer.
  • SMELLING
    1. The act of one who smells. 2. The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell. Locke. Smelling bottle, a small bottle filled with something suited to stimulate the sense of smell, or to remove faintness, as spirits of ammonia.
  • BRENNAGE
    A tribute which tenants paid to their lord, in lieu of bran, which they were obliged to furnish for his hounds.
  • TRACKWALKER
    A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of tracks.
  • PRESCAPULA
    The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, or mesoscapula.
  • BREATHE
    Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3.
  • UNDERBRED
    Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.
  • UNEMPLOYMENT
    Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.
  • MAKE AND BREAK
    Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
  • CHICKEN-BREASTED
    Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.
  • LIBRETTO
    A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music. The words themselves.
  • LAWBREAKER
    One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
  • RECOVER
    To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
  • SABRE
    See SABER
  • TIMBREL
    A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity. Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Ex. xv. 20. (more info) typmanum, Gr. tabl a drum; cf. Per. tambal
  • SPANKING BREEZE
    a strong breeze.
  • SINGLE-BREASTED
    Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
  • BROKEN BREAST
    Abscess of the mammary gland.
  • BARLEY-BREE
    Liquor made from barley; strong ale. Burns.

 

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