E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Lyme-hound
and Gaze-hound. The stanch lyme-hound tracks the wounded
buck over hill and dale. The fleet gazehound kills the buck at view.
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“Thou art the lyme-hound, I am the gazehound… . Thou hast deep sagacity and unrelenting purpose, a steady, long-breathed malignity of nature, that surpasses mine. But then, I am the bolder, the more ready, both at action and expedient… . I say … shall we hunt in couples?”—Sir W. Scott: Kenilworth, chap. iv.
