Meaning of ban-hound | Babel Free

Definitions

A dog that fulfills or executes a curse (ban).

Examples

“[T]hose dames were wont to make⟳ their appearance, arrayed in green, in the neighbourhood of Llyn Barfog, chiefly at eventide, accompanied by their kine and hounds, and that on quiet summer nights in particular, these ban-hounds were often to be heard in full cry⟳ pursuing their prey[.]”

“`Rash man!' she said; `like⟳ Actæon, thou hast had thy will; be careful lest, like⟳ Actæon, thou too dost perish miserably, torn to pieces by the ban-hounds of thine own⟳ passions.'”

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