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hounding

[ houn-ding ]

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noun

, Nautical.

the portion of a lower mast between the cheeks or hounds hound and the deck.
the portion of an upper mast between the cap of the mast below and the hounds hound above.
the part of a bowsprit projecting beyond the stem.

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First recorded in 1850–55; hound ² + -ing ¹

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And we are, to my knowledge, the only nation that has hounding down joy written into our foundational documents.

Once we get out into the real world, we continue to follow their every step, hounding them everywhere.

I think I started hounding them to let me direct an episode since Season 2, and I continue to hound them.

Also, for those of you hounding me about how I can keep supporting Romney, that post will go up tomorrow.

Does the report recommend that ignorant retail investors stay away from fee-hounding brokers?

The writer circulated the first petition to get the law enacted prohibiting the hounding of deer.

When they'd had enough hounding and restriction, they rose in their might.

What meant this inhuman hounding of men so highly honored in the community?

Ever since he won that cup he's been hounding me—by letter, by telephone and by word of mouth.

But, glancing over his shoulder, he saw a hounding form behind, catching him as though he were walking.

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