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English Dictionary: hunting	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for hunting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hunting n the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport Synonym(s): hunt, hunting the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone Synonym(s): search, hunt, hunting the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts Synonym(s): hunt, hunting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hunt \Hunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hunting}.] [AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. hin[?]an (in comp.) to seize. [root]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.
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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hunting mentioned first in Gen. 10:9 in connection with Nimrod. Esau was "a cunning hunter" (Gen. 25:27). Hunting was practised by the Hebrews after their settlement in the "Land of Promise" (Lev. 17:15; Prov. 12:27). The lion and other ravenous beasts were found in Palestine (1 Sam. 17:34; 2 Sam. 23:20; 1 Kings 13:24; Ezek. 19:3-8), and it must have been necessary to hunt and destroy them. Various snares and gins were used in hunting (Ps. 91:3; Amos 3:5; 2 Sam. 23:20). War is referred to under the idea of hunting (Jer. 16:16; Ezek. 32:30).