Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hounding \Hound"ing\, n.
   1. The act of one who hounds.

   2. (Naut.) The part of a mast below the hounds and above the
      deck.

Hound \Hound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hounded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hounding}.]
   1. To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda
      dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers. --Abp. Bramhall.

   2. To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds.
      --L'Estrange.