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Type of hunting dog
A hound is a type of hunting dog used by hunters to track or chase prey. Hounds can be contrasted with gun dogs that assist hunters by identifying prey
Hound
Dog breed
The Afghan Hound is a hound distinguished by its thick, fine, silky coat, and a tail with a ring curl at the end. The breed originates in the cold mountains
Afghan_Hound
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up hound dog in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hound dog or Hound Dog may refer to: Hound, a type of dog that assists hunters by tracking or chasing
Hound_dog
1952 song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
"Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Recorded originally by Big Mama Thornton on August 13, 1952, in Los Angeles
Hound_Dog_(song)
Dog breed
The Plott Hound, often referred to as the Plott, is a large scent hound, originally bred for hunting bears. In 1989, the North Carolina General Assembly
Plott_Hound
Dog breed
The Basset Hound is a short-legged breed of scent hound. The Basset Hound was developed in Great Britain from several now-extinct strains of French basset
Basset_Hound
1902 crime detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally
The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles
Topics referred to by the same term
up hound in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A hound is a type of dog that assists hunters by tracking or chasing the animal being hunted. Hound may
Hound_(disambiguation)
Dog type, hunting dog
Scent hounds (or scenthounds) are a type of hound that primarily hunts by scent rather than sight. These breeds are hunting dogs and are generally regarded
Scent_hound
1981 American animated film
The Fox and the Hound is a 1981 American animated buddy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Ted Berman, Richard Rich, and Art
The_Fox_and_the_Hound
Dog breed
The Mudhol Hound (also the Caravan Hound) is a breed of sighthound from India. The Kennel Club of India (KCI) and Indian National Kennel Club (INKC) recognize
Mudhol_Hound
Type of dog
(also called gazehounds) are a type of hound dog that hunts primarily by sight and speed, unlike scent hounds, which rely on scent and endurance. These
Sighthound
Dog breed used for tracking by scent
scent hound, originally bred for hunting deer, wild boar, rabbits, and since the Middle Ages, for tracking people. Believed to be descended from hounds once
Bloodhound
American animated television character
"Huck" Hound is a fictional cartoon character, a blue dog who speaks with a North Carolina accent. He first appeared in the series The Huckleberry Hound Show
Huckleberry_Hound
Dog breed
The Ibizan Hound (Spanish: podenco ibicenco, Catalan: ca eivissenc) is a lean, agile dog of the hound family. There are two hair types of the breed: smooth
Ibizan_Hound
Genus of sharks
Mustelus, also known as the smooth-hounds, is a genus of sharks in the family Triakidae. The name of the genus comes from the Latin word mustela, meaning
Smooth-hound
2006 animated film by Jim Kammerud
The Fox and the Hound 2 is a 2006 American animated direct-to-video buddy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Disneytoon Studios, and
The_Fox_and_the_Hound_2
Topics referred to by the same term
Black hound may refer to: Black dog (folklore), a mythological creature, also known as black hound Montenegrin Mountain Hound, a dog breed previously
Black_hound
Heraldic charge
The hound is a charge in classical heraldry. In English heraldry, the commonly used variant are the talbot, also blazoned as sleuth-hound, e.g. in the
Hound_(heraldry)
Dog breed
red blood cells carry oxygen to the muscles, this higher level allows the hound to move larger quantities of oxygen faster from the lungs to the muscles
Greyhound
1922 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Hound" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in September 1922 and published in the February 1924 issue of Weird Tales. It contains the first
The_Hound
Supernatural dog associated with Hell or the underworld
A hellhound is a mythological hound that embodies a guardian or a servant of hell, the devil, or the underworld. Hellhounds occur in mythologies around
Hellhound
British actor, comedian and presenter (born 1979)
Rufus Hound (born Robert James Blair Simpson; 6 March 1979) is an English actor, comedian and presenter. Hound was born on 6 March 1979 in Essex and moved
Rufus_Hound
Italian-Japanese animated television series
Sherlock Hound (名探偵ホームズ, Meitantei Hōmuzu; lit. "Famous Detective Holmes"), known also as Il fiuto di Sherlock Holmes, is an anime television series produced
Sherlock_Hound
Character in A Song of Ice and Fire
Sandor Clegane, nicknamed the Hound, is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin
Sandor_Clegane
Dog breed
Kritikos Lagonikos (Cretan Hound) (Greek:Kρητικός Λαγωνικός) is a breed of hunting dog from the Greek island of Crete. The Cretan Hound is recognized both in
Cretan_Hound
Dog sport
Hound trailing, or hound racing, is a dog sport that uses specially bred hounds to race along an artificially laid scent trail over a cross country course
Hound_trailing
Dog breed
The Transylvanian Hound, also known as the Transylvanian Scent Hound or Hungarian Hound, is a Hungarian breed of scent hound used primarily for hunting
Transylvanian_Hound
Dog breed
The Barak or Bosnian Broken-haired Hound (Bosnian, Serbo-Croatian: bosanski oštrodlaki gonič / босански оштродлаки гонич), is a hunting dog breed developed
Barak_hound
Dog breed
Molossus (Greek: Μολοσσός, romanized: Molossós), also known as the Molossian hound and Epirus mollosus, is an extinct dog breed from Ancient Greece. The Molossus
Molossian_hound
1890 poem written by Francis Thompson
"The Hound of Heaven" is a 182-line poem written by English poet Francis Thompson (1859–1907). The poem became famous and was the source of much of Thompson's
The_Hound_of_Heaven
Dog breed
The Polish Hound (Polish: Ogar polski) is a breed of hunting dog indigenous to Poland. The Polish Hound has a keen sense of smell. This heightened sense
Polish_Hound
Group of hunting dog breeds
The warren hounds are a group of Mediterranean rabbit-hunting dog breeds. In Spanish, this type of breed is called podenco, in Catalan coniller, and in
Warren_hound
Dog breed
the Montenegrin Mountain Hound was called Black Hound in the past. The breed is of the same origin as the other Balkan hounds. It stands 18 to 22 inches
Montenegrin_Mountain_Hound
Dog breed
The Rajapalayam Hound, also known as the Polygar Hound or Indian Ghost Hound, is a southern Indian dog breed. The breed is named after Rajapalayam, a town
Rajapalayam_dog
English hard rock band
Leaf Hound are an English hard rock band that formed in 1970 out of the heavy blues rock band Black Cat Bones. Their 1971 debut album Growers of Mushroom
Leaf_Hound
Maltese breed of hunting dog
The Pharaoh Hound or Kelb tal-Fenek is a Maltese breed of warren hound. It is traditionally used for rabbit-hunting in the rocky terrain of the islands;
Pharaoh_Hound
Breed of dog indigenous to Bangladesh
Sarail Hound (Bengali: সরাইল হাউন্ড), also known as Bengal Hound, is a breed of dog indigenous to Bangladesh. This dog, which is the only breed native
Sarail_Hound
Dog breed
The Serbian Hound (Serbo-Croatian: srpski gonič / српски гонич), previously known as the Balkan Hound (Serbo-Croatian: balkanski gonič / балкански гонич)
Serbian_Hound
Cruise missile
The North American Aviation AGM-28 Hound Dog was a supersonic, turbojet-propelled, nuclear armed, air-launched cruise missile developed in 1959 for the
AGM-28_Hound_Dog
American animated television series
The Huckleberry Hound Show is an American animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and the second series produced by the
The_Huckleberry_Hound_Show
Fictional character
The Hounds of Tindalos are fictional creatures created by Frank Belknap Long and later incorporated into the Cthulhu Mythos when it was codified by August
Hounds_of_Tindalos
Dog breed
The Mahratta Hound, sometimes called the Mahratta Greyhound, is a breed of dog found in India. It is a sighthound, and like the Banjara Hound it is bred
Mahratta_Hound
List of ships with the same or similar names
have borne the name Hound: English ship Hound (1652) was a 36-gun ship captured in 1652, a hulk in 1656 and broken up in 1660. HMS Hound (1656) was an 18-gun
HMS_Hound
Dog breed
Hound (Hygenhund) is a Norwegian breed of dog from the hound group, created in the 19th century by Norwegian breeder Hygen from various other hound breeds
Hygen_Hound
Dog breed
The Bavarian Mountain Hound (German: Bayerischer Gebirgsschweißhund) is a breed of dog from Germany. As a scent hound, it has been used in Germany since
Bavarian_Mountain_Hound
Dog breed
The Hanover Hound is a breed of dog sometimes referred to as a Hanoverian Hound, Hanoverian Scent hound, and Hannover Schweißhund. The origins of the
Hanover_Hound
Mythical creature from American folklore
In American folklore, the axehandle hound (axhandle hound, ax-handle hound, or similar) is a fearsome critter of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The animal resembles
Axehandle_hound
Dog breed
them Cú Faoil (Irish: Cú Faoil [ˌkuː ˈfˠiːlʲ], composed of the elements "hound" and "wolf", i.e. "wolfhound"). Dogs are mentioned as cú in Irish laws and
Irish_Wolfhound
Dog breed
The Tyrolean Hound is a breed of dog that originated in Tyrol also called the Tiroler Bracke or Tyroler Bracke. They are scent hounds that descended from
Tyrolean_Hound
1967 novel by Daniel P. Mannix
The Fox and the Hound is a 1967 novel written by American novelist Daniel P. Mannix and illustrated by John Schoenherr. It follows the lives of Tod, a
The_Fox_and_the_Hound_(novel)
Dog breed
minimum of 27 inches and a maximum of 30 inches, per the American Blue Gascon Hound Association's breed standard. Bluetick Coonhounds are bred to be hunting
Bluetick_Coonhound
Halden Hound Hamiltonstövare Hanover Hound Harrier Havanese Himalayan Sheepdog Hmong bobtail dog Hokkaido Hovawart Huntaway Hygen Hound Ibizan Hound Icelandic
List_of_dog_breeds
Dog breed
The Saluki or Arabian hound or Persian hound (Persian: سگ تازی،; Arabic: سلوقي) is a standardised breed developed from sighthounds – dogs that hunt primarily
Saluki
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up hounded in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hounded may refer to: Hounded (2001 film), an American comedy television film Hounded (2022 film)
Hounded
Topics referred to by the same term
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four Sherlock Holmes novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles may also refer
The Hound of the Baskervilles (disambiguation)
The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(disambiguation)
Association football club in Gibraltar
FC Hound Dogs is a football and futsal club from Gibraltar. They play their football in the Gibraltar Football League and the Rock Cup; their Futsal team
F.C._Hound_Dogs
Port in United Kingdom
Hound Point is a marine terminal off a rocky headland of that name on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, Scotland, just east of the Forth Bridge
Hound_Point
Dog breed
Bruno Jura Hound is a breed of scenthound from the Jura Mountains on the French-Swiss border. The Bruno Jura Hound is a medium-sized hound; it is usually
Bruno_Jura_Hound
Fictional cartoon dog
golden age of American animation. He is an anthropomorphic white Basset Hound with a droopy face. Essentially the polar opposite of Avery's other MGM
Droopy
Anime and manga series
Ghost Hound (神霊狩/GHOST HOUND, Shinreigari/Gōsuto Haundo) is an anime television series, created by Production I.G and Masamune Shirow, renowned as being
Ghost_Hound
Dog breed
The Southern Hound was a breed of dog that existed in Britain probably until sometime in the 19th century, now extinct. The exact date of its extinction
Southern_Hound
Fantasy novel trilogy by Judith Tarr
The Hound and the Falcon is a fantasy book trilogy by Judith Tarr, containing the books The Isle of Glass (Bluejay, 1985), The Golden Horn (Bluejay, 1985)
The_Hound_and_the_Falcon
Breed of dog
The Banjara Hound, also known as the Banjari Hound, is a breed of dog found in India. It is a sighthound-type dog bred and used for hunting by the nomadic
Banjara_Hound
Irish mythological hero
take its place until a replacement could be reared, hence he became the "Hound (cú) of Culann". He was trained in martial arts by Scáthach, who gave him
Cú_Chulainn
Granite tor on Dartmoor in Devon, England
Hound Tor is a tor on Dartmoor, Devon, England and is a good example of a heavily weathered granite outcrop. It is easily accessible, situated within
Hound_Tor
DC Comics character
Ace the Bat-Hound is a superhero dog appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is commonly featured as the canine crime-fighting partner
Ace_the_Bat-Hound
Mythical dog of Icarius of Attica
Maera (Ancient Greek: Μαῖρα, romanized: Maîra, lit. 'sparkler') is the hound of Erigone, daughter of Icarius of Athens. Icarius was a follower of the
Maera_(hound)
Dog breed
The German Hound (Deutsche Bracke) is a breed of dog originating in Westphalia, a region of Germany. The German Hound is of the scenthound type, used for
German_Hound
Topics referred to by the same term
paper for the "hounds" to follow Hare and Hounds (board game), a strategy board game where three hounds attempt to trap a hare Hare and Hounds, East Sheen
Hare_and_Hounds
American music and speech recognition company
as Melodis in 2005 before rebranding to SoundHound Inc. in 2010, and SoundHound AI in 2022. SoundHound provides voice-recognition and synthesis software
SoundHound_AI
Multi-headed dog in Greek mythology
Ancient Greek: Κέρβερος Kérberos [ˈkerberos]), often referred to as the hound of Hades, is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the underworld
Cerberus
American blues guitarist and singer (1917–1975)
Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor (April 12, 1917 – December 17, 1975) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer. Taylor was born in Natchez
Hound_Dog_Taylor
British magazine
Horse & Hound is the oldest equestrian weekly magazine of the United Kingdom. Its first edition was published in 1884. The magazine contains horse industry
Horse_&_Hound
2nd episode of the 2nd series of Sherlock
"The Hounds of Baskerville" is the second episode of the second series of the BBC crime drama series Sherlock, which follows the modern-day adventures
The_Hounds_of_Baskerville
Dog breed
Finnish Hound (Finnish: suomenajokoira [ˈsuo̯menˌɑjoˌkoi̯rɑ]) is a breed of dog originally bred for hunting hare and fox. The Finnish Hound was a result
Finnish_Hound
Dog breed
The American Leopard Hound is an American breed of hunting dog. It is recognized by the United Kennel Club (UKC) as a scenthound and is in the American
American_Leopard_Hound
1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury
escape the scene, the Mechanical Hound attacks him, managing to inject his leg with an anesthetic. He destroys the Hound with the flamethrower and limps
Fahrenheit_451
Dog breed developed in Estonia
The Estonian Hound (Estonian: eesti hagijas) is a scent hound-like breed, with the distinction of being the only dog breed developed in Estonia. It was
Estonian_Hound
Dog breed
The Welsh Hound (Welsh: Bytheiad or Ci Hela Cymreig) is a breed of hunting dog of the foxhound type, indigenous to Wales. The Welsh Hound is a native
Welsh_Hound
Breed of small scent hound
The Beagle is a British breed of scent hound, similar in appearance to the much larger foxhound. It was bred primarily for hunting rabbit or hare, known
Beagle
Dog breed
The Artois Hound or Chien D'Artois is a medium-sized breed of dog. A scent hound, the Artois was breed in northern France as a pack hunter. It is a rare
Artois_Hound
Ancient breed of dog
The sleuth hound (/ˈsluːθhaʊnd/, from Old Norse slóð "track, trail" + hound) was a breed of dog. Broadly, it was a Scottish term for what in England was
Sleuth_hound
Compiler of genre-specific music guides
MusicHound (often stylized as musicHound) was a compiler of genre-specific music guides published in the United States by Visible Ink Press between 1996
MusicHound
Topics referred to by the same term
Hound Dog Man may refer to: Hound-Dog Man, a 1959 film The title song, "Hound-Dog Man", from the film by Fabian Forte "Hound Dog Man", an American song
Hound_Dog_Man
Dog breed
The Posavac Hound (FCI No. 154) (Croatian: posavski gonič) is a breed of dog, originating as a hunting dog of the scenthound type. Croatia is the home
Posavac_Hound
1977 American horror film
Dracula's Dog, also known as Zoltan... Hound of Dracula, is a 1977 American supernatural horror film directed by Albert Band and starring Michael Pataki
Dracula's_Dog
Dog breed
The Norman Hound is a now extinct breed of scent hound from France. Little is known about the origins of the Norman Hound, it has been said it was developed
Norman_Hound
Breed of dog that existed in Britain probably until early in the 19th century
The North Country Beagle, Northern Hound or Northern Beagle was a breed of dog that existed in Britain probably until early in the 19th century. The exact
North_Country_Beagle
Dog breed
The Colombian Fino Hound (Spanish: Sabueso Fino Colombiano) is a breed of scent hound and is the only recognized breed of dog native to Colombia. It was
Colombian_Fino_Hound
Dog breed
The Bulgarian Hound (Bulgarian: Български барак, Balgarski Barak), also known as the Barak, is a hunting breed from Bulgaria. This breed is prevalent
Bulgarian_Hound
Dog breed
The Lithuanian Hound (Lithuanian: lietuvių skalikas) is a rare, medium-size hunting dog from Lithuania. It is the only dog breed originating from Lithuania
Lithuanian_Hound
Medieval dog breed
The Talbot (also known as the St. Hubert Hound) was a type of hunting hound common in England during the Middle Ages. It is depicted in art of the period
Talbot_(dog_breed)
1989 video game
The Hound of Shadow is an interactive fiction illustrated text adventure game created by Eldritch Games and published by Electronic Arts in 1989. Loosely
The_Hound_of_Shadow
Dog breed
Sir John Buchanan Jardine, author of Hounds of the World (1937),[page needed] after the First World War. The hounds are believed to have originally been
Dumfriesshire_hound
Anti-foreigner gang in San Francisco
The Hounds, west coast counterparts of New York's Bowery Boys, were a nativist or anti-foreigner gang of San Francisco which specifically targeted recently
The_Hounds
Scottish actor (born 1969)
April 1969) is a Scottish actor, best known for portraying Sandor "The Hound" Clegane on the HBO series Game of Thrones, Michael "Lurch" Armstrong in
Rory_McCann
Dog breed
The Sinhala Hound is a landrace of dog from Sri Lanka. The Sinhala Hound is a native dog found throughout Sri Lanka, often living in a semi-wild state
Sinhala_Hound
Musical artist
Robert Constantine (born September 3, 1986), known professionally as The Hound is a Los Angeles based singer, songwriter, and record producer. Constantine
The_Hound_(singer)
American hunting dog with keen sense of smell
a breed of dog, closely related to the English Foxhound. They are scent hounds, bred to hunt foxes by scent. United States Founding Father George Washington
American_Foxhound
HOUND
HOUND
Boy/Male
Irish
Loves hounds.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived in the woods (see Wood).Irish : English name adopted as a translation of Ó Cuill ‘descendant of Coll’ (see Quill), or in Ulster of Mac Con Coille ‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’, which has also been mistranslated Cox, as if formed with coileach ‘cock’, ‘rooster’.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : nickname for someone with a deformed hand or who had lost one hand, from Middle English hand, Middle High German hant, found in such appellations as Liebhard mit der Hand (Augsburg 1383).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname from German Hand ‘hand’ (see 1).Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Flaithimh (see Guthrie), resulting from an erroneous association of the Gaelic name with the Gaelic word lámh ‘hand’. It is used as an English equivalent for several other names of Gaelic origin too, e.g. Claffey, Glavin, and McClave.Dutch : from a variant of hont ‘dog’, ‘hound’, either a derogatory nickname, or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a dog.
Boy/Male
Scottish
Dog/hound of the plain.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from a place the location of which is disputed. Black gives two Scottish options, the first with no explanation, the second being Halley in Deerness, Orkney. Modern Scottish bearers may well get it from the Irish names (see 3 and 4 below).English : in part possibly a habitational name from Hawley in Hampshire, named from Old English heall ‘hall’, ‘large house’ + lÄ“ah ‘woodland clearing’.Irish (Counties Waterford and Tipperary) : shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAilche ‘descendant of Ailche’, possibly from the byname Ailchú meaning ‘gentle hound’. In some cases Halley has been used to replace Mulhall.Irish (County Clare) : shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÃille ‘descendant of Ãille’, apparently from áille ‘beauty’, but possibly a variant of Ó hÃinle (see Hanley).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places so called in North Yorkshire, Hampshire, and Kent. The Yorkshire place is named from the Old English personal name Hūna + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; that in Hampshire from the genitive plural of hund ‘hound’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; and the Kentish place from Old English huntena, genitive plural of hunta ‘hunter’ + dūn ‘hill’. The present-day distribution shows clusters in North and South Yorkshire, and also in Norfolk.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Trist, from Middle English triste ‘hunting station’ (Old French triste), hence probably a metonymic occupational name for someone whose job was to look after the hounds or organize the hunt.Altered form of Trost.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Norman personal name Bernier.English : from Old English beornan ‘to burn’, hence an occupational name for a burner of lime (compare German Kalkbrenner) or charcoal. It may also have denoted someone who baked bricks or distilled spirits, or who carried out any other manufacturing process involving burning.English : occupational name for a keeper of hounds, from Old Norman French bern(i)er, brenier (a derivative of bren, bran ‘bran’, on which the dogs were fed).Southern English : topographic or occupational name for someone who lived by or worked in a barn, from Middle English bern, barn ‘barn’ + the suffix -er. Compare Barnes.German : habitational name, in Silesia denoting someone from a place called Berna (of which there are two examples); in southern Germany and Switzerland denoting someone from the Swiss city of Berne.German : from the Germanic personal name Bernher meaning ‘lord of the army’.North German : occupational name for a lime or charcoal burner (cognate with 2), from an agent derivative of Middle High German brennen ‘to burn’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from various minor places so called, in York, Lincoln, Market Weighton (East Yorkshire), Methley (West Yorkshire), and Sawley (West Yorkshire), all named from Old English hund ‘hound’ or Old Norse hundr + Old Norse gata ‘road’, ‘street’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly a variant of Beadle, or a nickname from the breed of small hound called a beagle.Alternatively, it may be from French bégueule ‘gaper’, Old French begueulle ‘noisy shouting person’, a word which has been proposed as the etymology of the English term for the dog.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Biegel.
Boy/Male
Irish
Hound of the plains.
Boy/Male
Celtic
Mythical Hound of Ulster.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from High and Low Hunsley in East Yorkshire, named with an unattested Old English personal name Hund ‘hound’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (Ulster)
Irish (Ulster) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÃr, meaning ‘long-lasting’. In Ireland this name is found in County Armagh; it has also long been established in Scotland.Irish : Anglicized form of Ó hAichir ‘descendant of Aichear’, a personal name derived from the epithet aichear ‘fierce’, ‘sharp’. In Ireland this name is more commonly Anglicized as O’Hehir.English : nickname for a swift runner (possibly a speedy messenger) or a timorous person, from Middle English hare ‘hare’. However, the surname Ayer and its variants was sometimes recorded as Hare.English : topographic name from an Old English hær ‘rock’, ‘heap of stones’, ‘tumulus’.French : according to Morlet, an occupational name for a huntsman, from a medieval French call used to urge on the hounds, or, in the form Haré, from the past participle of harer ‘to excite, stir up (hounds in pursuit of a quarry)’.
Boy/Male
Irish
Loves hounds.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : from a pet form of Rabb.English : from the Norman personal name Radbode, Rabbode, composed of the Germanic elements rÄd ‘counsel’, ‘advice’ + bodo, boto ‘messenger’, ‘lord’.Irish : mistranslation of Gaelic Ó CoinÃn, which is actually a variant of Ó Conáin or Ó Cuineáin (see Cunneen), as if it were from coinÃn ‘rabbit’, although in fact it is from a diminutive of cano ‘hound’, ‘wolf’.
Boy/Male
Irish
Hound of Ulster.
Surname or Lastname
Danish and Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian : habitational name from Ågård ‘farm by the stream’.French : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements agi(n) ‘edge (of a sword)’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘bold’.Respelling of Hungarian Agárdi, a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Agárd, from the vocabulary word agár ‘hound’.English : possibly a variant of Agar.
Boy/Male
Irish
Hound of Ulster.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French brachet, denoting a type of hound. The word was also used as a term of abuse.Captain Richard Brackett (1610–c. 1691) came to Boston, MA, in about 1629, and moved to Braintree, MA, in 1641.
HOUND
HOUND
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Blessed; Fortunate; From the Happy Meadow
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Slave of the provider;
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vishaakan | விஷாகநÂ
Lord Muruga
Boy/Male
French Spanish
Boy/Male
Hindu
Gods jewel, Lord Rama
Biblical
Jehovvah protects or may he lead back;
Girl/Female
American, British, Christian, Dutch, English, Greek, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Latin, Nepali, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu
A Little Messager from God; Shine of Glory
Male
Finnish
Pet form of Finnish Vilhelmi, VILHO means "will-helmet."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Boy/Male
Biblical
Thinking.
HOUND
HOUND
HOUND
HOUND
HOUND
n.
A huntsman who keeps the hounds from wandering, and whips them in, if necessary, to the of chase.
v. t.
To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game.
v. t.
To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers.
n.
A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
n.
The act of one who hounds.
v. i.
To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.
v. t.
To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
v. t.
To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds.
a.
Marked with small spots; variegated with spots; speckled; of a sandy color, as a hound.
n.
A houndfish.
v. t.
To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox.
n.
The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck.
v. t.
A huntsman who whips in the hounds; whipper-in.
v. t.
To scent, as a hound.
n.
The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.
imp. & p. p.
of Hound
n.
A hound.
n.
Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (G. canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Hound