Of the position of the hunted animal: to stand, be (abideobs.) at bay, turn to bay; and of the relative action of the hounds: to holdor have at bay…

Hunting. to steal away. Of a hunted animal: To leave its lair unperceived and gain a start of the pursuers.

intransitive. Of a beast of the chase: To come to a stand. Obsolete.

Hunting. intransitive. Of an animal: to emerge, esp. suddenly, from its lair or place of refuge. Also with up.

intransitive. Of a hunted animal: to make a detour or turn in order to elude capture. Cf. ruse, n. 1a.

Hunting. (intransitive) (a) To run hither and thither in attempting to escape; (b) to take to the water, and go up the stream; also transitive. to…

Hunting. Of a buck: intransitive. To betake himself to his ‘lodge’ or lair. Also quasi-passive, to be in his ‘lodge’.

intransitive. Of a roe: To cross or double before the hounds.

Hunting. intransitive. Of game: to rise or emerge from cover. Also with up. Obsolete (rare after early 17th cent.).

intransitive. To run into a corner. Also transitive: to drive into a corner (literal and figurative). Obsolete.

To dart off or away, make off with himself, take flight, escape; to rush suddenly off or away. gen. of people or animals. spec. of a rabbit, fox…

to take squat, to seek safety by squatting or hiding. Obsolete.

intransitive. To turn to bay, stand at bay.

Hunting. Of an otter: To retreat into its lair. Obsolete. Cf. 17.

intransitive. spec. Of an animal or bird: to be killed, esp. in a hunt; to be brought down.

intransitive. To climb up or perch upon a tree; esp. to take refuge in a tree from a hunter or pursuer.

intransitive. Hunting (chiefly Fox-hunting). Of an animal, esp. a fox: to break from a den, lair, or covert, so the chase may begin; to be…

to sink the wind: (a) Hunting to move downwind so as to avoid being scented; (spec. of a fox) to pass below the line of scent; cf. wind, n.1 4; †(b)…

intransitive. Of game: to rise from cover.

Fox-hunting. (to run) to ground: into a burrow or hole in the ground, ‘to earth’; cf. run, v. phrases 3g. Also to lie at ground. to go to ground…

Shooting. Of game-birds: To remain crouching upon the ground. (Also to lie dead.) to lie to the dogs, to the gun: to permit the approach of a dog or…

intransitive. Of an animal: to hold out, endure, keep going (in a race or chase). Cf. to stand before —— 5 at phrasal verbs 2. Now rare.

intransitive. To move or travel swiftly, pass rapidly, rush along. Also with about, along, away, back, etc. Of a fox: to break covert.