To hunt with hounds; trail; persecute; set on, as a hound.
A despicable person.
A dastardly fellow.
It was, for all to see, the good and faithful hound. – The World That Couldn't Be by Clifford Donald Simak
About a small stove loafed some eight or ten men and several " hound- dogs." – The Portal of Dreams by Charles Neville Buck
I, too, will be a selfish hound. – A Mummer's Tale by Anatole France