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Still hunt   /stɪl hənt/   Listen
Still hunt

noun
1.
A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush.  Synonyms: stalk, stalking.






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"Still hunt" Quotes from Famous Books



... fleet-footed antelope is to have experiences strange and varied, but for the largest assortment of thrills in an equal time the 'dead hunt' is the most productive. My acquaintance with a 'dead hunt'—which is by no means a 'still hunt'—began and ended at Raven Agency. It included horses, bicycles, and Indians, and followed none of the customary rules laid down for a hunt, either ...
— A Woman Tenderfoot • Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

... D'Ambois ranne upon reveng'd L'Anou, Who eying th'eager point borne in his face, 125 And giving backe, fell back; and, in his fall, His foes uncurbed sword stopt in his heart: By which time all the life strings of th'tw'other Were cut, and both fell, as their spirit flew, Upwards, and still hunt Honour at the view. 130 And now (of all the six) sole D'Ambois stood Untoucht, save only ...
— Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois • George Chapman

... man said, and believed, and the detectives were on a still hunt again for the mysterious electric cab of election eve. In this particular line of search John Allingham was bending all his energies. Every garage in the city was visited and made to account for each ...
— A Woman for Mayor - A Novel of To-day • Helen M. Winslow

... "still hunt" this morning, Aunt Truth!' exclaimed Jack. 'Game plenty and not too shy, dogs in prime condition, hunters ...
— A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story • Kate Douglas Wiggin



Words linked to "Still hunt" :   hunt, deerstalking, hunting



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