bearhound

Definitions

A dog used for bearbaiting or bear hunting.

Examples

“"For his amusement John the Terrible used to order⟳ a number⟳ of people to be sewed up in bear-skins, and then torn to death by bear-hounds. For tearing prisoners to pieces he ordered the tops of several trees to be bent down so that they came together; the limbs of the unfortunate victim were fastened to these tops, each limb to a different tree. When they were thus tied up, the release⟳ of the trees performed the work⟳ intended by the cruel Czar."”

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