v
(transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
n
a person who catches stray cats
n
A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
n
(historical) A blood sport in which coksteles are thrown at an immobilised rooster until it is killed.
n
(fantasy, folklore) A snake or serpent that appears to be hatched of a rooster, or cock's, egg.
n
(in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
adj
Having a cockpit (of a specified kind).
n
(obsolete) A weighted stick thrown at a cock in the blood sport of cock throwing.
n
(obsolete) A person employed to scare off crows.
n
The practice or employment of a dogcatcher.
n
The forcing of squirrels out of their drey with a long pole in order to shoot them.
n
A trap which can easily be avoided by a competent person, and thus proves the incompetence of anybody trapped by it.
n
(now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) The common eider (Somateria mollissima).
v
(hunting) to perform a basic gutting of a game animal, without more detailed procedures such as skinning.
n
A cock that fights in a cockfight.
n
(by extension) A social gathering of whalers (whaling ships).
n
(figuratively) the flesh under or about the chin; a wattle
n
(ornithology) The catching of insects and other invertebrates by plucking them from within foliage, or sometimes from the ground. It may also be applied to where prey is picked off, or from within, natural and man-made surfaces such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses.
n
(Scotland, Ireland) A young salmon; grilse
n
(UK) A folkloric creature, said to inhabit water and to grab children with its long sinewy arms and drown them.
n
(chiefly in the plural) The remains after gutting a fish.
n
A man who operates or works at a hatchery.
n
(animals) To do with heads.
n
(archaic, slang) The shooting of small birds around hedges.
n
A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs.
n
(Scotland, obsolete) The woodpecker
v
(transitive) To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.
n
A person who traps and kills moles.
v
(intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
n
A cat that catches mice, kept specifically for the purpose. [from 15th c.]
n
Alternative spelling of nest box [A man-made box provided for wild birds or small animals to nest in.]
n
One who collects or hoards, especially unnecessary things.
n
(US) A person who harvests quahogs.
n
(historical) An enclosed space into which rats are placed to be killed by a dog for sport.
n
(idiomatic, computing, often hyphenated when used attributively) A software or hardware system whose design lacks organized structure, making it difficult to understand and maintain.
adj
Of the mouth, resembling a rat trap; large and ugly.
n
(US, informal) Inexpensive unexceptional cheese.
n
One who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally.
n
The catching of rats, especially to rid a place of vermin.
n
An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
n
(informal) A disaster caused by or involving rats.
n
(rare) Alternative form of ratter (“traitor”) [Anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them; a rat terrier.]
n
(archaic) The blood sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.
n
(obsolete, historical) A ratcatcher.
n
(US) A person who practices red-baiting
n
Alternative form of red-baiter [(US) A person who practices red-baiting]
v
To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
n
imperfectly castrated male
n
(UK dialectal or obsolete) Peace; quietness.
n
(military, slang, obsolete) That part of the barracks occupied by subalterns.
n
One who attempts to capture and bring back fugitive slaves.
v
To carve (fish), removing the offal.
n
A person who catches animals with a snare.
n
(metaphoric) A person who shows mercy by intervening when someone is treated with overly harsh or cruel punishments.
n
(slang, obsolete) A decoy used in a crooked gambling game.
v
(Internet chat) To (figuratively) slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout; to admonish jocularly.
v
(intransitive) To hunt for whales.
n
A ship used for hunting whales.
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