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English Dictionary: hunting lodge by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hunting lodge
n
  1. a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter [syn: lodge, hunting lodge]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hunting \Hunt"ing\, n.
      The pursuit of game or of wild animals. --A. Smith.
  
      {Happy hunting grounds}, the region to which, according to
            the belief of American Indians, the souls of warriors and
            hunters pass after death, to be happy in hunting and
            feasting. --Tylor.
  
      {Hunting box}. Same As {Hunting lodge} (below).
  
      {Hunting cat} (Zo[94]l.), the cheetah.
  
      {Hunting cog} (Mach.), a tooth in the larger of two geared
            wheels which makes its number of teeth prime to the number
            in the smaller wheel, thus preventing the frequent meeting
            of the same pairs of teeth.
  
      {Hunting dog} (Zo[94]l.), the hyena dog.
  
      {Hunting ground}, a region or district abounding in game;
            esp. (pl.), the regions roamed over by the North American
            Indians in search of game.
  
      {Hunting horn}, a bulge; a horn used in the chase. See
            {Horn}, and {Bulge}.
  
      {Hunting leopard} (Zo[94]l.), the cheetah.
  
      {Hunting lodge}, a temporary residence for the purpose of
            hunting.
  
      {Hunting seat}, a hunting lodge. --Gray.
  
      {Hunting shirt}, a coarse shirt for hunting, often of
            leather.
  
      {Hunting spider} (Zo[94]l.), a spider which hunts its prey,
            instead of catching it in a web; a wolf spider.
  
      {Hunting watch}. See {Hunter}, 6.
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