hound

name

1. A small village and civil parish in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4708).

noun

Etymology: From Middle English hownde, hount, houn, probably from Old Norse húnn, from Proto-Germanic *hūnaz.

1. Projections located at the masthead or foremast, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top on which to rest; a foretop.
2. A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English hounden, from the noun (see above).

1. To persistently harass doggedly.

   “He hounded me for weeks, but I was simply unable to pay back his loan.”

   “More pertinently for the plot, another marked difference from history is that the United Kingdom of this 1982 is precociously computerised. Instead of having been hounded to death for his homosexuality, the scientist Alan Turing is thriving and lauded.”

2. To urge on against; to set (dogs) upon in hunting.

   “We both thought we saw what had the appearance to be a fox, and hounded the dogs at it, but they would not pursue it.”