Timber
A wooden fence, rail, stile, or gate.
View holloa.---The cry when the fox is seen.
Vixen. The female fox.
Ware riot. The cry to the hounds, when running riot (q.v.). Well clawed-Well knit up. - With strong claws, adapted for running.
Whelp. A very young puppy.
Whipper-in. The huntsman's help in controlling the hounds. Worried. Killed by the hounds.
OTTER.
Bend. The land between two stretches of a winding river crossed by an otter on his way upstream. Bolt. To put the otter out of his holt or couch.
Chain. The air bubbles rising from an otter's fur when he swims under water, by which his progress may be traced.
Coke.-[See "SPRAINTS."] Couch.-[See HOLT.] Double. When the drag lies on both sides of a river or when it leads away from the water and returns to it higher up or lower down.
Down-water. A cry used to show that the otter has gone down-stream.
Drag. The scent left by an otter, by which he is hunted up to.
Foil. (1) Used of spectators or huntsmen: to spoil the scent by disturbing the ground. (2) Used of the otter: to return on its own track.
Gaze. To view the otter.
Heel-drag. The drag leading in the direction from which the otter has travelled.
Heu Gaze!-The proper cry for a view holloa."
Hide. The temporary retreat of otter. a a hunted Holt. The lair of the otter, and the various refuges to which he flies when pursued, or when driven from home by rising floods. It is a burrow excavated in the bank, generally overshadowed by a bush or tree, with an entrance beneath the water. There is generally also a Vent-hole of small size above water level, at which the otter may be winded. Other names for holt are Couch, Hover, Kennel, and Lodge.
Some authorities prefer to use "couch" and "kennel" for the permanent home, and "holt" and "hover" only for the temporary refuge.
Hover.-[See HOLT.] Kennel.-[See HOLT.] Litter. A family of young otters varying from three to five in number, and very occasionally six. They are generally brought forth in spring or early summer.
Lodges.-[See HOLT.] Look below. The man stationed at the shallow beneath the pool where an otter is found in order to turn him back should he attempt to pass or at any rate to give notice of his departure.
Mark. Hounds mark on finding the "HOLT" where an otter is laid up. Sometimes used for "SEAL."
Mask. The head of an otter. Sometimes incorrectly called "PATE."
Notch. A cut made on an otter-pole to register a kill. Otter. Lutra vulgaris or Mustela lutra (Linnæus). The otter is a member of the family Mustelida, to which belong the weasels, stoats, pole cats, martens, &c. It has beautiful fur of a brownish-grey colour covering the whole body.
The limbs are short and provided with webbed feet; the tail is long and powerful, gradually tapering to a point.
The usual length of the body is about 2 ft., and of the tail about 15 or 16 in. The male weighs from 18 to 26 lb., the female from 13 to 22 lb. upon the average, but one dog otter was caught in a net measuring 4 ft. IO in., and weighing 40-lb.
The otter is not only an extremely expert swimmer and diver, but can run swiftly overland, often escaping hounds in this way. Otterhounds. - The Otterhound is a perfectly pure and ancient breed of rough hound. Foxhounds are also used for otter hunting. Otter-pole. The pole which most sportsmen use to assist them in wading and climbing banks, &c.
Out of Mark.-Said of an otter laid up where hound cannot wind him.
Pad. The foot of an otter.
Padding. Sometimes used for "SEAL" and "SPUR."
Pelt. The skin of an otter (anciently PYLES).
Put the Otter down. - To drive him from his holt.
Ream.-[See "FOIL."] Ring. When the quarry lands and runs a circuit back to the water. Rough. An otter often lies "rough" among reeds and undergrowth instead of "going to HOLT" for the day.
Rudder. The tail of an otter, sometimes erroneously termed the "Pole."