English brach (Fig. 3), descends from the old Spanish brach, but has been improved and rendered lighter and much swifter of foot by the introduction of the blood of the foxhound into its veins, according to the English cynegetic authors themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891] Reference
In the meantime, Monsieur de Malouet had received me with still more cordial affability than usual, and without making any direct allusion to the accident which had brought me against my will to this cynegetic feast, he omitted no attention that could make me forget its trifling annoyance. From Wordnik.com. [Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume] Reference
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