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still hunt

–noun
1. a hunt for game carried on stealthily, as by stalking, or under cover, as in ambush.
2. Informal. a quiet or secret pursuit of any object.

Origin:
1820–30

still-hunt

[stil-huhnt]
–verb (used with object)
1. to pursue or ambush by a still hunt.
–verb (used without object)
2. to carry on a still hunt.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism


still-hunter, noun
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still hunt  
n.  The hunting of game by stalking or ambushing.
still'-hunt' (stĭl'hŭnt') v., still'-hunt'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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