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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hound, v. Also: hond. [f. Hound n.; in e.m.E. from 1605. Cf. Hund v. The various senses become current in English in the 17th cent.]

1. tr. To hunt, pursue (game, etc.) with hounds. 1533 Boece v. vii. 177.
That na stalkaris suld … hound ane baggit hynde Ib. vi. iv. 193 b.
Hounding the dere in the mont of Grangebene 1528 Lynd. Dreme 902.
Geue the wolffis cumis … Thame to deuore, than ar thay … Houndit, and slane be thare weill dantit doggis a1578 Pitsc. I. 324/7.
The king passit to the park at Falkland thair to haue houndit ane deir

b. intr. (and fig.) To go hunting with a dog or dogs. a1568 Balnavis Bann. MS. 139 a/86.
Ouer oft to hound in vnkowth ground Thow ma tak vp vnbaitit

2. tr. To chase (sheep or cattle) with dogs, or as dogs do. Also absol. 1518 Peebles B. Rec. I. 46.
He send his houshald men … and houndit thair cattale furth of thar avne ground 1569 Reg. Privy C. II. 70.
[They] come to the said Hew Cathcartis landis … and thair … houndit, wirreit, drownit and ane part clippit … his … scheip 1628 Misc. Spald. C. V. 224.
If ony … be found hounding his nichtbouris scheip 1653 Peebles B. Rec. II. 8.
All the goodes (except the tounes) to be houndit and poyndit off Venlaw, and the inhabitantes to hound and poynd, toure about

3. fig. To chase, drive to or from a place. a1500 Henr. Fab. 589.
The feyndis infernall, Quhilk houndit doun wes … To hellis hole c1536 Lynd. Compl. Bagsche 144.
I gat none vther recompens Bot hoyit and houndit of the toun c1552 Id. Mon. 1918.
Pure lawboraris houndit from thair housis

4. To incite (dogs) to attack or chase. a1570-86 Maitl. F. xxxiv. 63.
Lordis and lairdis, gar hound ȝour doggis And hoy tha queinis away

5. transf. To incite, egg on (a person), to commit a crime or do some mischief. Chiefly to hound out (also, furth). 1581 Acts Jas. VI (1597) § 110.
To hound out bair-men and vagabounds to the attempting of sik … enormities 1606 Stewart Mem. 119.
The said Neill Stewart … houndit out … Ross his seruand … to the slauchter of the said vmquhill John Stewart 16.. Hist. Kennedy 41.
He hondit me Lord and Barganyis togidder be the eiris 1678 Mackenzie Laws & C. i. xvii. § 6.
The husband hounding out, or hyring others to commit adultery, cannot pursue his wife for that adultery which he occasioned Ib. xxvi. § 2.
Only these against whom letters … are raised, or such as they hound out, can be guilty of deforcement

b. To instigate, stir up, foment (some mischief). a1585 Maitland Maitl. Q. xxx. 56.
Ȝit ay for ane thair is twentie To hound mutine, and saw discord