“wish、hounds”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

wish-hounds

释义

wish-hounds, n. pl.
Also whished, whisht, wished.
[wisht a. 2.]
Local name for a ghostly pack of hounds popularly believed to hunt over Dartmoor (Devon) by night. So ˈwish-hunt, ˈwish-hunter.
1847Athenæum 27 Mar. 334/2 The Abbot's Way..is the especial haunt of the Wish, or Wisked [sic] Hounds.1865R. Hunt Pop. Rom. W. Eng. Ser. i. Introd. p. xix, Wistman's Wood..is the very home of the Wish hounds, which hunt so fiercely over the Moor.1863Baring-Gould Iceland 202 On Dartmoor..the [Wild Huntsman's] chase continues: it is called the Wisht hunt.1865― Were-wolves viii, On Heathfield, near Tavistock, the wild huntsman rides by full moon with his ‘wush hounds’.1897― Guavas xiv, 'Tis no Wish Hunter's gold.

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