Beagling
hunting with beagle hounds.
Historical Examples
We have heard that beagling is considered by some of the senior boys to be ‘bad form.’
The Story of the “Britannia” E. P. Statham
For the pig is as necessary to truffle-hunting as the beagle is to beagling.
The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon Richard Connell
Read Also:
- Beak
the bill of a bird; neb. any similar horny mouthpart in other animals, as the turtle or duckbill. anything beaklike or ending in a point, as the spout of a pitcher. Slang. a person’s nose. Entomology, proboscis (def 3). Botany. a narrowed or prolonged tip. Nautical. (formerly) a metal or metal-sheathed projection from the bow […]
- Beaked pelvis
beaked pelvis beaked pelvis n. See osteomalacic pelvis.
- Beaked salmon
sandfish (def 2).
- Beaked whale
any of several toothed whales of the family Hyperoodontidae (Ziphiidae), inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws. Historical Examples Goosebeaked whales are larger than all other beaked whale species with the exception of the northern bottlenosed whale. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic Stephen Leatherwood The range of True’s beaked whales overlaps […]
- Beaker
a large drinking cup or glass with a wide mouth. contents of a beaker: consuming a beaker of beer at one gulp. a flat-bottomed cylindrical container, usually with a pouring lip, especially one used in a laboratory. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Beaker folk. Historical Examples “A twelvemonth,” said Jack, going to […]