bearhound

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bearhound

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From bear + hound.

noun bearhounds

A dog used for bearbaiting or bear hunting. "For his amusement John the Terrible used to order a number of people to be sewed up in bear-skins, and then torn to death by bear-hounds. For tearing prisoners to pieces he ordered the tops of several trees to be bent down so that they came together; the limbs of the unfortunate victim were fastene

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@misc{bearhound_2026,
  title = {bearhound},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bearhound},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}