Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hellhound"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hellhound \Hell"hound`\, n. [AS. hellehund.]
A dog of hell; an agent of hell.
A hellhound, that doth hunt us all to death. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hellhound
n : a very evil man
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