Definition of Beagles

1. Noun. (plural of beagle) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of beagle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beagles

1. beagle [n] - See also: beagle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beagles

beadsman
beadsmen
beadsnake
beadsnakes
beadswoman
beadwork
beadworks
beady
beady-eyed
beag
beagle
beagled
beaglepuss
beagler
beaglers
beagles (current term)
beagling
beaglings
beak-iron
beak-irons
beaked
beaked hazelnut
beaked parsley
beaked salmon
beaked whale
beaked whales
beaker

Literary usage of Beagles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"In that event the wrath of some one would be aroused, and on the performance being repeated, a proposal to abolish the beagles might be made. ..."

2. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Sports (1800)
"When hounds or beagles run 'long, without making any cry, they are faid ta run mute. ... When beagles bark and cry at their prey, they fay, hey y<am. ..."

3. The Hunting Field with Horse and Hound in America: The British Isles and France by Frank Sherman Peer (1910)
"The foot beagles of Great Britain are largely owned in private packs and hunted as such, or in company with neighbouring beagles brought together for a ..."

4. The Sporting Dog by Joseph Alexander Graham (1904)
"CHAPTER X beagles IF the white man who first saw a jack-rabbit felt the need of a greyhound, the first one to see a cottontail surely resolved to send back ..."

5. Hunting by Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset Beaufort, Mowbray Morris (1889)
"There is many a true word spoke sarcastic 1 beagles HUNTED ON FOOT. The subject of hare hunting would be incomplete without some few remarks upon hunting ..."

6. The Dogs of the British Islands: Being a Series of Articles on the Points of by John Henry Walsh (1882)
"Foot beagles should not much exceed nine inches in height; but for "Young ... A great many packs of " foot beagles " are now kept throughout the country, ..."

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