Grewhound

Quick meaning: Grewhound is a noun meaning (Scotland, obsolete) Synonym of greyhound.

Meaning

(Scotland, obsolete) Synonym of greyhound.

Example Sentences

This grewhound was so swift, and of such speed, When hee was loosd his prey hee caus'd ay bleed, And this same prey brought to his lord anone, This was one cause he loved him alone;

The 2nd of June, haveing gotten a little more northward, and beeing on the west side of the iland, againe becalm'd, about three leagues distant from the shoare, I and Joh. WIlmote, one of the master's mates, with 6 more of our sailors, went ashore in a Biska shallop (whale-boat), purposeing to kill some deare and some wild fowle; and to that end wee took with us such dogs as wee had in our ship, viz. a grewhound, a mastiffe, and a water spaniell, and two fowleing-pieces, with shott and powder.

Word Forms

• grewhounds

Synonyms for grewhound

Depending on context, synonyms include greyhound.

Related Words

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