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Staffordshire – Sticky

Staffordshire

North.

Staffordshire

South.

Stainton Dale.

Stevenstone.

Suffolk.

Surrey

Old.

Surrey Union.

Sussex

East.

Taunton Vale.

Tedworth.

Hurworth.

Isle of Wight.

Dartmoor.

Kent, East.

Scoring

Hounds score" when the whole pack speak to a strong scent.

Sinking.-(Of a fox), nearly beaten.

Skirter

A hound which runs wide of the pack.

Speak.-(Of a hound), to cry, showing he is on the scent.

Spout.-Rabbit-earth (q.v.)

Stained

Injured as regards scent by the previous passage of hounds, horses, or of cattle, &c.

Seal

The track of the otter upon the bank; easily recognised by the mark of the five toes, the ball in the centre of the foot, and the absence of a heel.

Shoal

Verb: to drive the otter down to the shallows.

Spraint

The excrement of the otter; also called WEDGING.

Spur.-Rarely used for SEAL (q.v.).

Stickle

West country term for a shallow.

Sticky

Said of an otter that hangs about the place where she is found and refuses to go away up or down stream.