n. A dog; specifically, a dog of a breed or variety used in the chase, as in hunting the boar, the deer, the fox, the hare, or the otter.n. A mean, contemptible fellow; a dastard; a poltroon: as, a low hound; a sly hound.n. Same as houndfish, 1.n. The oldwife, or long-tailed duck, Harelda glacialis: so called from its gabble, likened to the cry of a pack of hounds.n. Nautical, a projection at the masthead on either side, serving as a support for the trestle-trees of large or the rigging of smaller vessels. Also called hounding.n. Either of two pieces of wood used in artillery-limbers to connect the splinter-bar and pole with the axle.n. Either of a pair of side-bars or horizontal braces for reinforcing various parts of the running-gear of a vehicle.To set on the chase; incite to pursuit.To hunt or pursue with or as if with hounds: as, to hound deer.To pursue or harass as if with hounds: as, to hound one on to ruin.To follow like a hound; track; trail.