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vauntlay
vauntlay Now arch. Also 5 (9) vauntelay. [f. vaunt- + -lay as in relay n.1 The compound may have existed in AF. Cf. vanlay v.] The releasing or setting on of a relay of hounds before the other pursuing hounds have passed; the relay of hounds so released.1486 Bk. St. Albans E viij b, Even at his comy... Oxford English Dictionary
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vanlay
† vanlay, v. Obs. [Cf. vauntlay n.] intr. To cast off a vauntlay (to a hart).c 1410 Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xxxiii, He..shulde take goode heede þat he vanlay not, if oþer relayes be behynde, for dreede of bendynge oute fro þe relayes. Ibid., When he hath be so wele ronne to and..relayed and v... Oxford English Dictionary
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relay
▪ I. relay, n.1 (rɪˈleɪ, ˈriːleɪ) [ad. OF. relais (13th c.), hounds or (in later use) horses held in reserve, f. relayer to relay.] 1. A set of fresh hounds (and horses) posted to take up the chase of a deer in place of those already tired out; † also, the place where these are posted. Obs. exc. arc... Oxford English Dictionary
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