Word Meanings - BLOODHOUND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

• Breviary
  An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.
• Whichever
  Alt. of Whichsoever
• Breadstuff
  Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.
• Brewer
  One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
• BREASTDEEP
  Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast. See him breast-deep in earth, and famish him. Shak.
• Breakfasting
  of Breakfast
• Escapade
  The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol.
• LARGEACRED
  Possessing much land.
• Breastheight
  The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing.
• Largesse
  Liberality; generosity; bounty.
• TRACKWALKER
  A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of tracks.
• Breathed
  of Breathe
• Otherwhile
  Alt. of Otherwhiles
• Breechblock
  The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.
• Pursuance
  The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after.
• Breezy
  Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy.
• Recovery
  The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
• Smoothly
  In a smooth manner.
• Breviate
  A short compend; a summary; a brief statement.

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