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Hunter's room

Hunter \Hunt"er\, n.

  1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.

  2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog.
    --Shak.

  3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.

  4. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter.

    No keener hunter after glory breathes.
    --Tennyson.

  5. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.

  6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.

    Hunter's room, the lunation after the harvest moon.

    Hunter's screw (Mech.), a differential screw, so named from the inventor. See under Differential.