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Antony and CleopatraAC IV.i.7When one so great begins to rage, he's huntedWhen one so great begins to rage, hee's hunted
As You Like ItAYL II.i.34That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurtThat from the Hunters aime had tane a hurt,
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.4Thy huntress' name that my full life doth sway.Thy Huntresse name, that my full life doth sway.
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.238unseasonably. He was furnished like a hunter.vnseasonably. He was furnish'd like a Hunter.
As You Like ItAYL IV.iii.19Her love is not the hare that I do hunt!Her loue is not the Hare that I doe hunt,
CoriolanusCor I.i.234.1That I am proud to hunt.That I am proud to hunt.
CoriolanusCor III.i.273Do not cry havoc, where you should but huntDo not cry hauocke, where you shold but hunt
CymbelineCym III.iii.74This is not hunter's language; he that strikesThis is not Hunters Language; he that strikes
CymbelineCym III.vii.62Boys, we'll go dress our hunt. Fair youth, come in;Boyes wee'l go dresse our Hunt. Faire youth come in;
CymbelineCym IV.ii.2.1We'll come to you after hunting.Wee'l come to you after Hunting.
CymbelineCym IV.ii.6Go you to hunting, I'll abide with him.Go you to Hunting, Ile abide with him.
CymbelineCym IV.ii.138Cave here, hunt here, are outlaws, and in timeCaue heere, hunt heere, are Out-lawes, and in time
CymbelineCym IV.ii.148To hunt this day: the boy Fidele's sicknessTo hunt this day: The Boy Fideles sickenesse
CymbelineCym IV.ii.162We'll hunt no more today, nor seek for dangerWee'l hunt no more to day, nor seeke for danger
CymbelineCym V.iii.39Upon the pikes o'th' hunters. Then beganVpon the Pikes o'th'Hunters. Then beganne
HamletHam II.ii.47Hunts not the trail of policy so sureHunts not the traile of Policie, so sure
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.ii.89hanged. You hunt counter. Hence! Avaunt!hang'd: you Hunt-counter, hence: Auant.
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.144Prodigal, or the German hunting, in waterwork, isProdigall, or the Germane hunting in Waterworke, is
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.iv.14I think he's gone to hunt, my lord, at Windsor.I thinke hee's gone to hunt (my Lord) at Windsor.
Henry VH5 III.iii.41At Herod's bloody-hunting slaughtermen.At Herods bloody-hunting slaughter-men.
Henry VH5 IV.iii.94While the beast lived, was killed with hunting him.While the beast liu'd, was kill'd with hunting him.
Henry VH5 V.ii.1.2Gloucester, Clarence, Warwick, Westmorland, Huntingdon,Warwicke, and other Lords. At another, Queene Isabel,
Henry VH5 V.ii.85Warwick, and Huntingdon, go with the King;Warwick, and Huntington, goe with the King,
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.ii.15For I myself must hunt this deer to death.For I my selfe must hunt this Deere to death.
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.iv.13For I myself will hunt this wolf to death.For I my selfe will hunt this Wolfe to death.
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.v.8Comes hunting this way to disport himself.Come hunting this way to disport himselfe.
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.v.14.1Enter King Edward and a Huntsman with himEnter King Edward, and a Huntsman with him.
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.v.15Nay, this way, man; see where the huntsmen stand.Nay this way man, / See where the Huntsmen stand.
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.v.25Huntsman, what sayst thou? Wilt thou go along?Huntsman, what say'st thou? Wilt thou go along?
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.vi.84And from the Bishop's huntsmen rescued him;And from the Bishops Huntsmen rescu'd him:
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.vi.85For hunting was his daily exercise.For Hunting was his dayly Exercise.
Henry VIIIH8 III.ii.207Upon the daring huntsman that has galled him,Vpon the daring Huntsman that has gall'd him:
Julius CaesarJC III.i.205Here didst thou fall; and here thy hunters stand,Heere did'st thou fall, and heere thy Hunters stand
King Edward IIIE3 IV.iv.137We do pursue and hunt the time to die.We do pursue and hunt the time to die,
King Edward IIIE3 IV.iv.141If then we hunt for death, why do we fear it?If then we hunt for death, why do we feare it?
King JohnKJ II.i.321And like a troop of jolly huntsmen comeAnd like a iolly troope of Huntsmen come
King LearKL I.iii.8On every trifle. When he returns from huntingOn euery trifle. When he returnes from hunting,
King LearKL II.iii.3Escaped the hunt. No port is free, no placeEscap'd the hunt. No Port is free, no place
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.1Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives,LEt Fame, that all hunt after in their liues,
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.143And when it hath the thing it hunteth most,And when it hath the thing it hunteth most,
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.160The Princess comes to hunt here in the park,The Princesse comes to hunt here in the Parke,
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.1The King he is hunting the deer;The King he is hunting the Deare,
MacbethMac III.i.96The housekeeper, the hunter, every oneThe House-keeper, the Hunter, euery one
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.iv.26There is an old tale goes that Herne the Hunter,There is an old tale goes, that Herne the Hunter
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.iv.36This tale of Herne the Hunter for a truth.This tale of Herne the Hunter, for a truth.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.v.28the Hunter? Why, now is Cupid a child of conscience;the Hunter? Why, now is Cupid a child of conscience,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.v.76Of Herne the Hunter let us not forget.Of Herne the Hunter, let vs not forget.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.v.103.5of hunting is made within; and all the Fairies run
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.v.104Will none but Herne the Hunter serve your turn?Will none but Herne the Hunter serue your turne?
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.137Go, bid the huntsmen wake them with their horns.Goe bid the hunts-men wake them with their hornes.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND IV.i.182Our purposed hunting shall be set aside.Our purpos'd hunting shall be set aside.
OthelloOth II.i.295For his quick hunting, stand the putting on,For his quicke hunting, stand the putting on,
OthelloOth II.iii.354that hunts, but one that fills up the cry. My money isthat hunts, but one that filles vp the Crie. My Money is
OthelloOth III.iv.62Should hold her loathed, and his spirits should huntShould hold her loathed, and his Spirits should hunt
Richard IIIR3 III.iv.97Which we more hunt for than the grace of God!Which we more hunt for, then the grace of God!
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.48A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death.A Hell-hound that doth hunt vs all to death:
Romeo and JulietRJ III.v.34Hunting thee hence with hunt's-up to the day.Hunting thee hence, with Hunts-vp to the day,
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.iv.11Ay, you have been a mouse-hunt in your time.I you haue bin a Mouse-hunt in your time,
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.1.14.2Wind horns. Enter a Lord from hunting, with his trainWinde hornes. Enter a Lord from hunting, with his traine.
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.1.14Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds.Huntsman I charge thee, tender wel my hounds,
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.1.27Tomorrow I intend to hunt again.To morrow I intend to hunt againe.
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.2.43Above the morning lark. Or wilt thou hunt?Aboue the morning Larke. Or wilt thou hunt,
The Taming of the ShrewTS V.ii.55'Tis well, sir, that you hunted for yourself.'Tis well sir that you hunted for your selfe:
The TempestTem IV.i.255.1A noise of hunters heard. Enter divers Spirits in shapeA noyse of Hunters heard. Enter diuers Spirits in shape
The TempestTem IV.i.255.2of dogs and hounds, hunting them about, Prospero andof Dogs and Hounds, hunting them about: Prospero and
The TempestTem IV.i.263Let them be hunted soundly. At this hourLet them be hunted soundly: At this houre
Timon of AthensTim I.ii.187tomorrow to hunt with him, and has sent your honourto morrow, to hunt with him, and ha's sent your Honour
Timon of AthensTim I.ii.189I'll hunt with him; and let them be received,Ile hunt with him, / And let them be receiu'd,
Timon of AthensTim II.ii.8I must be round with him. Now he comes from hunting.I must be round with him, now he comes from hunting.
Timon of AthensTim II.ii.194to Lord Lucullus you – I hunted with his honour todayto Lord Lucullus you, I hunted with his Honor to day;
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.496To hunt the panther and the hart with me,To hunt the Panther and the Hart with me,
Titus AndronicusTit II.i.112My lords, a solemn hunting is in hand;My Lords, a solemne hunting is in hand.
Titus AndronicusTit II.ii.1The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey,The hunt is vp, the morne is bright and gray,
Titus AndronicusTit II.ii.5And rouse the Prince, and ring a hunter's peal,And rouze the Prince, and ring a hunters peale,
Titus AndronicusTit II.ii.13I promised your grace a hunter's peal.I promised your Grace, a Hunters peale.
Titus AndronicusTit II.ii.20.1Our Roman hunting.Our Romaine hunting.
Titus AndronicusTit II.ii.25Chiron, we hunt not, we, with horse nor hound,Chiron we hunt not we, with Horse nor Hound
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.19As if a double hunt were heard at once,Asif a double hunt were heard at once,
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.59To see the general hunting in this forest?To see the generall Hunting in this Forrest?
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.269Sweet huntsman – Bassianus 'tis we mean –Sweet huntsman, Bassianus 'tis we meane,
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.278Look, sirs, if you can find the huntsman outLooke sirs, if you can finde the huntsman out,
Titus AndronicusTit II.iv.11Wind horns. Enter Marcus from hunting to LaviniaWinde Hornes. Enter Marcus from hunting, to Lauinia.
Titus AndronicusTit IV.i.54See, see. Ay, such a place there is where we did hunt – See, see, I such a place there is where we did hunt,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.i.55O, had we never, never hunted there – (O had we neuer, neuer hunted there)
Titus AndronicusTit IV.i.95But if you hunt these bear-whelps, then beware:But if you hunt these Beare-whelpes, then beware
Titus AndronicusTit IV.i.100You are a young huntsman, Marcus. Let alone,You are a young huntsman Marcus, let it alone:
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.i.18By Jove, I'll play the hunter for thy lifeBy Ioue, Ile play the hunter for thy life,
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.i.20And thou shalt hunt a lion that will flyAnd thou shalt hunt a Lyon that will flye
Troilus and CressidaTC V.vi.31Why then, fly on; I'll hunt thee for thy hide.Why then flye on, Ile hunt thee for thy hide.
Twelfth NightTN I.i.16Will you go hunt, my lord?Will you go hunt my Lord?
Twelfth NightTN III.iv.218not; but thy intercepter, full of despite, bloody as thenot: but thy intercepter full of despight, bloody as the Hunter,
Twelfth NightTN III.iv.219hunter, attends thee at the orchard end. Dismount thyattends thee at the Orchard end: dismount thy
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.i.63He after honour hunts, I after love.He after Honour hunts, I after Loue;
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.iii.40When young men went a-hunting – and a wood,When yong men went a hunting, and a wood,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.v.153May the stag thou huntest stand long,May the Stag thou huntst stand long,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.vi.108.2This is the Duke, a-hunting as I told you;This is the Duke, a hunting as I told you,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.i.92Did scorch his mortal son, thine him; the huntressDid scortch his mortall Son, thine him; the huntresse
The Winter's TaleWT III.iii.63brains of nineteen and two-and-twenty hunt thisbraines of nineteene, and two and twenty hunt this

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.267 ‘ Why hunt I then for colour or excuses? Why hunt I then for colour or excuses?
SonnetsSonn.129.6 Past reason hunted, and no sooner had Past reason hunted, and no sooner had
Venus and AdonisVen.4 Hunting he loved, but love he laughed to scorn. Hunting he lou'd, but loue he laught to scorne:
Venus and AdonisVen.588 To hunt the boar with certain of his friends. To hunt the boare with certaine of his frends.
Venus and AdonisVen.614 But that thou toldst me thou wouldst hunt the boar. But that thou toldst me, thou woldst hunt the boare,
Venus and AdonisVen.673 ‘ But if thou needs wilt hunt, be ruled by me; But if thou needs wilt hunt, be rul'd by me,
Venus and AdonisVen.711 To make thee hate the hunting of the boar, To make thee hate the hunting of the bore,
Venus and AdonisVen.900 And with that word she spied the hunted boar, And with that word, she spide the hunted boare.
Venus and AdonisVen.973By this, far off she hears some huntsman holloa; By this farre off, she heares some huntsman hallow,

Glossary

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Actaeon[pron: ak'tayon] cuckold; hunter who saw Artemis (goddess of chastity) bathing naked; she changed him into a stag, who was killed by his own hounds
Atalantafleet-footed huntress who swore only to marry the suitor who could outrace her; those she defeated, she killed
bay[hunting] last stand, point of capture
birdinghunting small birds
blood[hunting] full of life, in fine condition
brachhound [which hunts by scent], bitch
buskinedwearing high hunting boots [buskins]
Calydonregion of ancient Aetolia, Greece, where the hunt for the Calydonian boar took place
chasepursuit, sequence, hunt
chasehunting ground, territory
chaserpursuer, hunter
counter[a term from hunting] taking an opposite path to the prey
coursechase, hunt, pursue
coursehunt hares [or other game] with hounds by sight
cry[hunting] call like a hound
DianaRoman goddess associated with the Moon, chastity, and hunting
draw[hunting] follow prey by the scent
drawn[unclear meaning] drawn from cover, hunted; disembowelled; dragged along
dryfoot[hunting] by following the scent of the feet
emboss[hunting] run down, drive to exhaustion
fault[hunting] break in a line of scent, loss of scent
ferretworry [like a ferret], hunt after
flesh[give a piece of the kill to a hound to stimulate its desire to hunt further] reward, stimulate, excite
flyhawk, hunt with hawks
foot[hunting] roused, up for pursuit
gamehunting practice, sporting routine
havoc[in fighting and hunting: calling for] total slaughter, general devastation
hawkhunt with hawks
huntgame, quarry that has been killed
hunt's-updaybreak song to wake huntsmen [or a newly married wife]
leash[hunting] set of three, trio
mouse-huntmouse-hunter; prowler, pursuer of women
open[hunting] bark at finding a scent
parkhunting ground
pithole prepared for hunted animals
quarry[in hunting] heap of dead, pile of bodies
rouse[hunting] startle from a lair, draw out
sa[repeated] hunting cry
sessa, sesey, sese[cry of encouragement used in hunting, fencing] be off, off you go
single[hunting] select from a herd, separate from other people
single[hunting] single out, pick out
soho, so-hohunting cry when a hare is started
solasound of a post horn; hunting cry
spend[hunting] bark, bay, give tongue
spoil[hunting] piece of the kill [given to a hound to stimulate its desire to hunt further]
stalkmove stealthily [as if hunting game]
stalking-horsehorse behind which a hunter hides, to stalk game
stall[hunting] bring to a stand, come within range of
stand[hunting] standing-place, hiding-place
start[hunting] raise from cover
strike[hunting, of a prey] thrust, stab, pierce
trail[hunting] scent, track
trash[hunting] rein in, keep in check, hold back
uncouplerelease pairs of hunting dogs for the chase
unseasonablenot in the hunting season
vent[of a hunted animal] scent
warrenhunting park, land used for breeding game
wind[in hunting] get to the windward side
wind[hunting] stay downwind of; stay in a safe position in relation to
windlasscircuit made to intercept game while hunting; roundabout way
woodmanhunter, huntsman

Thesaurus

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animals, hole prepared for huntedpit
bay [in hunting]spend
birds, hunting at nightbat-fowling
birds, hunting smallbirding
bodies, pile of [in hunting]quarry
boots, wearing high hunting buskined
bring to a stand [in hunting]stall
call like a hound [in hunting]cry
capture, point of [in hunting]bay
cover, make rise from [in hunting]put
cover, raise from [in hunting]start
dead, heap of [in hunting]quarry
dogs, release pairs of huntinguncouple
draw out [in hunting]rouse
drive to exhaustion [in hunting]emboss
exhaustion, drive to [in hunting]emboss
feet, scent of [in hunting]dryfoot
game [in hunting]hunt
ground, huntingchase
ground, huntingpark
hares, huntcourse
hawks, hunt withfly
hawks, hunt withhawk
hole prepared for hunted animalspit
horse to hide a hunterstalking-horse
hound [which hunts by scent]brach
hound, call like a [in hunting]cry
huntchase
huntcourse
hunt afterferret
hunt game with hounds by sightcourse
hunt with hawksfly
hunt with hawkshawk
hunteddrawn
hunterchaser
hunterwoodman
huntingbay
huntingbay
huntingcounter
huntingcry
huntingDiana
huntingdraw
huntingdryfoot
huntingemboss
huntingfault
huntingflesh
huntingfoot
huntingleash
huntingopen
huntingput
huntingquarry
huntingrecheat
huntingrouse
huntingsingle
huntingspend
huntingspoil
huntingstalking-horse
huntingstall
huntingstand
huntingstart
huntingstrike
huntingtrail
huntingtrash
huntinguncouple
huntingvent
huntingwind
huntingwind
huntingwind
huntingwindlass
huntingwindy
hunting groundchase
hunting groundpark
hunting parkwarren
hunting practicegame
hunting season, not in theunseasonable
hunting small birdsbirding
huntressAtalanta
huntsmanwoodman
huntsmen, daybreak song to wakehunt's-up
kill, piece of the [in hunting]spoil
last stand [in hunting]bay
last stand, drive to a [in hunting]bay
mouse-huntermouse-hunt
pairs of hunting dogs, releaseuncouple
park, huntingwarren
practice, huntinggame
raise from cover [in hunting]put
raise from cover [in hunting]start
range, come within [in hunting]stall
release pairs of hunting dogsuncouple
rise from cover, make [in hunting]put
run down [in hunting]emboss
scent of the feet [in hunting]dryfoot
season, not in the huntingunseasonable
set of three [in hunting]leash
song to wake huntsmen, daybreakhunt's-up
stand, bring to a [in hunting]stall
stand, drive to a last [in hunting]bay
stand, last [in hunting]bay
three, set of [in hunting]leash
tongue, give [in hunting]spend
wearing high hunting boots buskined

Themes and Topics

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a- as a particle... a-bat-fowling tem ii i 188 a-hunting tnk iii vi 108 a-begging...
Functional shift...d at court that such as we / cave here hunt here * in intransitive use ...
Sounds... sa sa sa sa kl iv vi 203 hunting cry sese sessa sesey k...
...esey kl iii vi 73 ‘off you go’ in hunting fencing so-ho tg iii i ...
...ncing so-ho tg iii i 189 hunting cry when a hare is started ...
...t horn sola lll iv i 150 hunting cry thas 2h4 iii ii 264 ...
Classical mythology...ii 39 a secure and wilful actaeon hunter who encountered artemis goddess of c...
... atalanta&rsquo s heels fleet-footed huntress who swore only to marry the suitor ...
Gods and goddesses...associated with the moon chastity and hunting also known as cynthia luna and ph...
World [outside Britain], places and peoples...f ancient aetolia wc greece where the hunt for the calydonian boar took place mele...
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)...&rsquo queen ts induction 1 21 [first huntsman to lord of a hound following a sce...

Words Families

 13 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
HUNTBASIChunt n, hunt v, hunted adj, hunting n
HUNTACTIONbloody-hunting adj
HUNTMUSIChunt's-up n
HUNTPEOPLEhunter n, huntress n, huntsman n, mouse-hunt n
MANJOBhuntsman n
MOUSEACTIONmouse-hunt n
UPTIMEhunt's-up n

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