3. To drive; to chase; — with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.
4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds. He hunts a pack of dogs. Addison.
5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.
HUNT
Hunt, v. i.
1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5.
2. To seek; to pursue; to search; — with for or after. He after honor hunts, I after love. Shak. To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] Shak.
HUNT
Hunt, n.
1. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search. The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. Shak.
2. The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] Shak.
3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.]