subs. (general).—1. A fast Atlantic liner; one especially built for speed. Also OCEAN GRAYHOUND.
1887. Scientific American, vol. LVI., 2. They [ships] are built in the strongest possible manner, and are so swift of foot, as to have already become formidable rivals to the English GREY HOUND.
2. (Cambridge University).—An obsolete name for a member of Clare College; a CLARIAN.
1889. C. WHIBLEY, ed. In Cap and Gown, xxviii. The members of Clare … were called ‘GREYHOUNDS.’
