Animals leave their footprints in several English words, including chatoyant, or “shimmering like a cat’s eyes” and sleuth, which is short for sleuth-hound, a kind of bloodhound used for sniffing out prey. Pets have also inspired lots of playful...
Keeping something at bay comes from the baying sound that hunting dogs make when they’ve got their prey in a standoff. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Keeping At Bay” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this is Stacey from...
bagel n.— «Burak’s dog Memphis, a beagle-basset hound cross (or a bagel, as they are called) and for whom the store is named—drags a blanket in his mouth on the hardwood floor.» —“James North comes in from the cold” by Jon Wells Hamilton...
bascottie n.— «A basset hound had been bred with a Scottie to make a “bascottie,” pronounced like biscotti, the hard biscuit usually dunked in coffee.» —“24 animals are removed from Lodi home; officers say conditions poor” by Layla Bohm Lodi News...
potato n.— «Gator still has his potatoes.…He doesn’t like for us to call them testicles, so we call them potatoes.» —“Hound has a nose for south end of a northbound whale” by Robert McClure Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, Washington) May 22, 2006...
canine v.— «He stopped and peed on a cedar tree. This is “canine-ing”—being a regular dog. And it’s not allowed. He sniffed around under a log.» —“Hound has a nose for south end of a northbound whale” by Robert McClure Post-Intelligencer (Seattle...