lyam-hound en · NOUN
Etymology
From lyam + hound.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A bloodhound.
Talus, that could like a lime-hound winde her, […] At length found out whereas she hidden lay / Under an heape of gold.
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lyme-hound | alternative | lexicographic | |
| limehound | alternative | lexicographic | |
| lyam-hounds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |