Noun

(en noun)

A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals. (hunt hound, hunting hound, hunting dog, hunter)

(by extension) Someone who seeks something.

* 1996 , Marc Parent, Turning Stones , , ISBN 0151002045, page 93,

On the way out of the building I was asked for my autograph. If I'd known who the signature hound thought I was, I would've signed appropriately.

* 2004 , , ISBN 0743486196, page 483,

I still do not know if he's taken on this case because he's a glory hound , because he wants the PR, or if he simply wanted to help Anna.

(by extension) A male who constantly seeks the company of receptive females.

* 1915 , , volume 122, number 787, December 1915, republished in ''Harper's Monthly Magazine , volume 122, December 1915 to May 1916, page 108,

"Are you alone, Goodson?

"She had a good many successors, John."

"You are such a hound , in that respect, Goodson," said Claywell, "and you have always been such a hound, that it astounds me to find you—unaccompanied."

A despicable person.

* Shakespeare

Boy! false hound !

* Elizabeth Walter, Come and Get Me

'You blackmailing hound ,' the parrot said distinctly, in what Hodges recognized as General Derby's voice. Anstruther turned pale.

A houndfish.

(nautical, in the plural) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.

A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.

In more recent times, hound' has been replaced by ' dog but the sense remains the same.

Noun

(en noun)

A distressful or dangerous situation.

A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.

* (John Milton)

Lest the fiend some new trouble raise.

* (William Shakespeare)

Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds / Do breed unnatural troubles .

A violent occurrence or event.

* , chapter=7

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=“I don't know how you and the ‘head,’ as you call him, will get on, but I do know that if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble . It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]”}}

Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.

* Bryant

She never took the trouble to close them.

*1881 , :

*:Indeed, by the report of our elders, this nervous preparation for old age is only trouble thrown away.

A malfunction.

Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.

(mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.