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Webster 1913 Edition

Hunt

Hunt

(hŭnt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hunted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hunting
.]
[AS.
huntian
to hunt; cf.
hentan
to follow, pursue, Goth.
hin[GREEK]an
(in comp.) to seize. √36. Cf.
Hent
.]
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 diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; – often with out or up;
as, to
hunt
up the facts; to
hunt
out evidence.
Evil shall
hunt
the violent man to overthrow him.
Ps. cxl. 11.
3.
To drive; to chase; – with down, from, away, etc.;
as, to
hunt
down a criminal; he was
hunted
from the parish.
4.
To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.
He
hunts
a pack of dogs.
Addison.
5.
To use or traverse in pursuit of game;
as, he
hunts
the woods, or the country
.

Hunt

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.
Esau went to the field to
hunt
for venison.
Gen. xxvii. 5.
2.
To seek; to pursue; to search; – with for or after.
He after honor
hunts
, I after love.
Shakespeare
To hunt counter
,
to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one’s steps.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Hunt

,
Noun.
1.
The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.
The
hunt
is up; the morn is bright and gray.
Shakespeare
2.
The game secured in the hunt.
[Obs.]
Shak.
3.
A pack of hounds.
[Obs.]
4.
An association of huntsmen.
5.
A district of country hunted over.
Every landowner within the
hunt
.
London Field.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hunt

HUNT

, v.t.
1.
To chase wild animals, particularly quadrupeds, for the purpose of catching them for food, or for the diversion of sportsmen; to pursue with hounds for taking, as game; as, to hunt stag or a hare.
2.
To go in search of, for the purpose of shooting; as, to hunt wolves, bears, squirrels or partridges. This is the common use of the word in America. It includes fowling by shooting.
3.
To pursue; to follow closely.
Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps.140.
4.
To use, direct or mange hounds in the chase.
He hunts a pack of dogs.
To hunt out or after, to seek; to search for.
To hunt from, to pursue and drive out or away.
To hunt down, to depress; to bear down by persecution or violence.

HUNT

,
Verb.
I.
To follow the chase. Gen.27.
1.
To seek wild animals for game, or for killing them by shooting when noxious; with for; as, to hunt for bears or wolves; to hunt for quails, or for ducks.
2.
To seek by close pursuit; to search; with for.
The adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Prov.6.

HUNT

,
Noun.
A chase of wild animals for catching them.
1.
A huntsman. [Not in use.]
2.
A pack of hounds.
3.
Pursuit; chase.
4.
A seeking of wild animals of any kind for game; as a hunt for squirrels.

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