or -hag, -hound, -kite, etc., subs. (old: now recognised).—A man or woman of hellish disposition; a lewdster of either sex; cf., HALLION.
1606. SHAKESPEARE, Macbeth, v. 7. Macd. Turn, HELL-HOUND, turn! Macb. Of all men else I have avoided thee.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
