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hunt       (hŭnt)  Pronunciation Key  v.   hunt·ed, hunt·ing, hunts v.   tr. To pursue (game) for food or sport. To search through (an area) for prey: hunted the ridges. To make use of (hounds, for example) in pursuing game. To pursue intensively so as to capture or kill: hunted down the escaped convict. To seek out; search for. To drive out forcibly, especially by harassing; chase away: hunted the newcomers out of town. v.   intr. To pursue game. To make a search; seek. Aerospace To yaw back and forth about a flight path, as if seeking a new direction or another angle of attack. Used of an aircraft, rocket, or space vehicle. To rotate up and down or back and forth without being deflected by the pilot. Used of a control surface or a rocket motor in gimbals. To oscillate about a selected value. Used of a machine, instrument, or system. To swing back and forth; oscillate. Used of an indicator on a display or instrument panel. Engineering To oscillate about a selected value. Used of a machine, instrument, or system. To swing back and forth; oscillate. Used of an indicator on a display or instrument panel. n.   The act or sport of hunting: an enthusiast for the hunt. A hunting expedition or outing, usually with horses and hounds. Those taking part in such an expedition or outing. A diligent search or pursuit: on a hunt for cheap gas. [Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian.]

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hunt·ing       (hŭn'tĭng)  Pronunciation Key  n.   The activity or sport of pursuing game. The act of conducting a search for something: house hunting. Electronics The periodic variation in speed of a synchronous motor with respect to the current.

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hunting
noun
1.	the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport [syn: hunt]
2.	the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone [syn: search]
3.	the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts [syn: hunt]

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Hunting Valley, OH (village, FIPS 36918) Location: 41.47300 N, 81.40907 W
Population (1990): 799 (328 housing units)
Area: 20.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Hunting

Hunt"ing\, n. The pursuit of game or of wild animals. --A. Smith.

Happy hunting grounds, the region to which, according to the belief of American Indians, the souls of warriors and hunters pass after death, to be happy in hunting and feasting. --Tylor.

Hunting box. Same As Hunting lodge (below).

Hunting cat (Zo["o]l.), the cheetah.

Hunting cog (Mach.), a tooth in the larger of two geared wheels which makes its number of teeth prime to the number in the smaller wheel, thus preventing the frequent meeting of the same pairs of teeth.

Hunting dog (Zo["o]l.), the hyena dog.

Hunting ground, a region or district abounding in game; esp. (pl.), the regions roamed over by the North American Indians in search of game.

Hunting horn, a bulge; a horn used in the chase. See Horn, and Bulge.

Hunting leopard (Zo["o]l.), the cheetah.

Hunting lodge, a temporary residence for the purpose of hunting.

Hunting seat, a hunting lodge. --Gray.

Hunting shirt, a coarse shirt for hunting, often of leather.

Hunting spider (Zo["o]l.), a spider which hunts its prey, instead of catching it in a web; a wolf spider.

Hunting watch. See Hunter, 6.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Hunting

mentioned first in Gen. 10:9 in connection with Nimrod. Esau was "a cunning hunter" (Gen. 25:27). Hunting was practised by the Hebrews after their settlement in the "Land of Promise" (Lev. 17:15; Prov. 12:27). The lion and other ravenous beasts were found in Palestine (1 Sam. 17:34; 2 Sam. 23:20; 1 Kings 13:24; Ezek. 19:3-8), and it must have been necessary to hunt and destroy them. Various snares and gins were used in hunting (Ps. 91:3; Amos 3:5; 2 Sam. 23:20). War is referred to under the idea of hunting (Jer. 16:16; Ezek. 32:30).