4. An association of huntsmen.
5. A district of country hunted over.
Every landowner within the hunt.
London Field. Hunt-counter
(Hunt"-count`er) n. A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer. [Obs.] Shak.
Hunte
(Hunt"e) n. [AS. hunta.] A hunter. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hunter
(Hunt"er) n.
1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog. Shak.
3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
4. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter.
No keener hunter after glory breathes.
Tennyson. 5. (Zoöl.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.
6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.
Hunter's room, the lunation after the harvest moon. — Hunter's screw (Mech.), a differential screw,
so named from the inventor. See under Differential.
Hunterian
(Hun*te"ri*an) a. Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon; as, the Hunterian
chancre. See Chancre.
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 — Hunting cat (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), the
hyena dog. — Hunting ground, a region or district abounding in game; esp. 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), a spider which hunts its prey,
instead of catching it in a web; a wolf spider. — Hunting watch. See Hunter, 6.
Huntress
(Hunt"ress) n. A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana. Shak.
Huntsman
(Hunts"man) n.; pl. Huntsmen
1. One who hunts, or who practices hunting.
2. The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after the hounds. L'Estrange.
Huntsman's cup (Bot.), the sidesaddle flower, or common American pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea).
Huntsmanship
(Hunts"man*ship) n. The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter. Donne.
