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*'''cast''': in hunting, the spreading out of hounds in different directions in search of a lost scent (hence, to cast: (of dogs or huntsmen) to spread out and search in different directions for a lost scent) | *'''cast''': in hunting, the spreading out of hounds in different directions in search of a lost scent (hence, to cast: (of dogs or huntsmen) to spread out and search in different directions for a lost scent) | ||
| − | Joyce's ref here: | + | **Joyce's ref here: [[The Quarterly Review, vol. 238]], 267: 'Reynard the Fox': 'The fox had vanished... Exhaustive casts along the shore failed to recover the line' (i.e. foxhunt) → [[dogfox]] |
Latest revision as of 03:15, 14 September 2020
- cast: in hunting, the spreading out of hounds in different directions in search of a lost scent (hence, to cast: (of dogs or huntsmen) to spread out and search in different directions for a lost scent)
- Joyce's ref here: The Quarterly Review, vol. 238, 267: 'Reynard the Fox': 'The fox had vanished... Exhaustive casts along the shore failed to recover the line' (i.e. foxhunt) → dogfox
