Appointments - uniform or livery of the hunt. Black melton frock coat. Canary Vest. Tan breeches. Black boots. Bowler or hunt cap with harness. White shirt and white stock with plain gold stock pin. Gloves, brown leather or chamois. Blunt spurs if worn. Crop with thong and lash.

Away - The fox is in the open and/or hounds are on the line.

Babbler - unnecessarily noisy hound.

Blank - Failure to find a fox in a covert is to draw blank. Failure to find a fox all day is to have a blank day.

Capping fee - Capping fee paid by non-members to ride with the field 

Cast - When hounds search for a lost line. The Huntsman may take charge of the pack and help them, or hounds may cast themselves.

Check - a pause in the run, when the hounds loose the line of scent

Colors - distinctive colors of coat and buttons each hunt club adopts as their livery. Usually hunt staff and male members only wear scarlet coats.

Couple - hounds are counted in pairs. Five couple would be 10 hounds.

Covert - (say "cover") Woods or dense growth where a fox may be found.

Cry - voice of the hounds as in "full cry"

Cubbing, Cubhunting - a cub is a young fox, cubbing season tests the fox and/or the hounds in the field before the formal hunting season begins.

Drag, Drag Hunt - scent of fox, a hunt where an artificial scent is laid and followed by the hounds.

Draw - Put hounds into a covert to find a fox.

Earth - Where a fox goes to ground for safety, usually a den.

Entry - hounds "enter" regular hunting with the pack. Young riders are often called "young entry" by older members of the hunt.

Field - riders of the hunt, but not the hunt staff.

Fieldmaster hunt staff member in charge of the riders of the hunt.

Fixture - Time and place of a meet. Also, a regular location for a hunt.

Ground - like going to earth, a fox "goes to ground."

Head - to cause a fox to head off in another direction, this action is not appreciated by staff.

Hold Hard - a command used by staff - Stop NOW.

Hound   - Canine used for hunting by scent.

Huntsman - hunt staff member who controls the hounds in the field.

Lark - jump unnecessarily and irresponsibly

Line - trail and scent of the fox.

Master - Master of Foxhounds (MFH) person in command of the hunt in the fields and kennels.

Meet - The meet is where all the hunt and followers collect before a day's hunting.

Panel - jump-able part of fence or obstacle.

Point - Distance covered during a run as the crow flies. Straight line distance of a run.

Ratcatcher - Informal hunting attire. Black, brown or grey tweed coat. Tan, buff or brown breeches. Black or brown boots. Hunt cap with harness. White shirt and white stock with plain gold stock pin. Gloves, brown leather or chamois. Blunt spurs if worn. Crop with thong and lash.

Rate - warning or correction of the hounds by the Master or Huntsman.

Riot - Hounds riot when they chase after animals other than the hunted quarry (for instance deer, birds, cats).

Run - a gallop for the field when the hounds are on a line.

Scent - The distinctive musky odor a fox left on the ground, grass, foliage, and in the air. Can vary with weather and ground conditions.

Speak - Hounds speak, that is yelp in a manner peculiar to hounds, when on the scent of a quarry. 

Staff - huntsman and whips.

Stern - tail of a hound.

View - To see (or sight of) the fox, making sure that it is a fox.

Ware - a caution - WARE hound, WARE wire, WARE hole. An action which if not heard, can be seen to warn others following to beware of danger.

Whipper-In - Hunt staff who assists the huntsman with hounds

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