hounding

[ houn-ding ]

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nounNautical.

the portion of a lower mast between the cheeks or hounds and the deck.
the portion of an upper mast between the cap of the mast below and the hounds above.

Origin of hounding

First recorded in 1850–55; hound² + -ing¹

And we are, to my knowledge, the only nation that has hounding down joy written into our foundational documents.
What Did TJ Mean By “Pursuit of Happiness,” Anyway? | P. J. O’Rourke | June 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Once we get out into the real world, we continue to follow their every step, hounding them everywhere.
Scarlett Johansson is an Alien Seductress in ‘Under the Skin’ | Jimmy So | April 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
I think I started hounding them to let me direct an episode since Season 2, and I continue to hound them.
NCIS’s 11th Anniversary: Michael Weatherly’s Top 10 Moments | Michael Weatherly | September 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Also, for those of you hounding me about how I can keep supporting Romney, that post will go up tomorrow.
Reader Responses to David's Romney Endorsement | Justin Green | November 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Does the report recommend that ignorant retail investors stay away from fee-hounding brokers?
SEC Report Calls Most Regular Investors Financially Illiterate | Alex Klein | August 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

The writer circulated the first petition to get the law enacted prohibiting the hounding of deer.
Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper | Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
When they'd had enough hounding and restriction, they rose in their might.
The Syndic | C.M. Kornbluth
What meant this inhuman hounding of men so highly honored in the community?
The Life of John Taylor | B. H. Roberts
Ever since he won that cup he's been hounding me—by letter, by telephone and by word of mouth.
Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
But, glancing over his shoulder, he saw a hounding form behind, catching him as though he were walking.
Bob, Son of Battle | Alfred Ollivant

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