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Search phrase: hound

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.ii.39A hound that runs counter, and yet draws dryfoot well; A hound that runs Counter, and yet draws drifoot well,
CoriolanusCor V.vi.113Stain all your edges on me. ‘Boy'! False hound!Staine all your edges on me. Boy, false Hound:
Henry VH5 II.i.70O hound of Crete, think'st thou my spouse to get?O hound of Creet, think'st thou my spouse to get?
King LearKL III.vi.68Hound or spaniel, brach or lym,Hound or Spaniell, Brache, or Hym:
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.ii.125of invention? Imitari is nothing. So doth the hound hisof inuention imitarie is nothing: So doth the Hound his
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.102Sometime a horse I'll be, sometime a hound,Sometime a horse Ile be, sometime a hound:
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.i.105Like horse, hound, hog, bear, fire at every turn.Like horse, hound, hog, beare, fire, at euery turne.
OthelloOth II.iii.353I do follow here in the chase, not like a houndI do follow heere in the Chace, not like a Hound
The Taming of the ShrewTS V.ii.72I'll venture so much of my hawk or hound,Ile venture so much of my Hawke or Hound,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.497With horn and hound we'll give your grace bonjour.With horne and Hound, Weele giue your Grace Bon iour.
Titus AndronicusTit II.ii.25Chiron, we hunt not, we, with horse nor hound,Chiron we hunt not we, with Horse nor Hound
Troilus and CressidaTC V.i.88hound; but when he performs, astronomers foretell it,Hound; but when he performes, Astronomers foretell it,

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.694 Look as the full-fed hound or gorged hawk, Looke as the full-fed Hound, or gorged Hawke,
Venus and AdonisVen.913 Here kennelled in a brake she finds a hound, Here kenneld in a brake, she finds a hound,

Glossary

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ban-dogchained dog, tethered hound
brachhound [which hunts by scent], bitch
cry[hunting] call like a hound
flesh[give a piece of the kill to a hound to stimulate its desire to hunt further] reward, stimulate, excite
pursuepersecute, castigate, hound
RIngwoodone of Actaeon's dogs; traditional name of an English hound
Sowter[shoemaker, cobbler] name of a stupid hound
spoil[hunting] piece of the kill [given to a hound to stimulate its desire to hunt further]

Thesaurus

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call like a hound [in hunting]cry
hound [pursue]pursue
hound [which hunts by scent]brach
hound, call like a [in hunting]cry
hound, stupidSowter
hound, tetheredban-dog
stupid houndSowter
tethered houndban-dog

Themes and Topics

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Contemporary figures, factual and fictitious...i 111 traditional name for an english hound ruffian 1h4 ii iv 442 cha...
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)...ction 1 21 [first huntsman to lord of a hound following a scent] he cried upon it at t...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
HOUNDBASIChound n
HOUNDTYPEbloodhound n, greyhound n, hellhound n

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