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[hahynd] 
| situated in the rear or at the back; posterior: the hind legs of an animal. |
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) hind. | 1. | Zoology. the female of the deer, chiefly the red deer, esp. in and after the third year. |
| 2. | any of several speckled serranid fishes of the genus Epinephelus, found in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. |
bef. 900; ME, OE; c. D hinde, ON, Dan, Sw hind, OHG hinta (G, LG Hinde)
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3 [hahynd] | 1. | a peasant or rustic. |
| 2. | Scot. and North England. a farm laborer. |
bef. 1000; alter. of ME hine (pl.) servants, OE (Anglian) hīne, hī(g)na, gen. of hīgan (West Saxon hīwan) members of a household, domestics; see hide 3
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| hind 1 (hīnd) adj. Located at or forming the back or rear; posterior: an animal's hind legs; the hinder part of a steer. [Middle English hinde, short for bihinde, behind, from Old English bihindan; see ko- in Indo-European roots.] |
| hind 2 (hīnd) n.
[Middle English, from Old English.] |
| hind 3 (hīnd) n.
[Alteration of Middle English hine, household servants, possibly from Old English hīne, genitive of hīgan, hīwan, members of a household; see kei-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Hind\, n. [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. ? a young deer.]1. (Zo["o]l.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.Hind
Hind\, n. [OE. hine, AS. h[=i]ne, h[=i]na, orig. gen. pl. of h[=i]wan domestics; akin to Icel. hj[=u] man and wife, domestics, family, Goth. heiwafrauja master of the house, G. heirath marriage; cf. L. civis citizen, E. city or E. home. Cf. Hide a measure of land.]1. A domestic; a servant. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [Eng.] The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer Tells how man's daily work goes forward here. --Trench.Hind
Hind\, a. [Compar. Hinder; superl. Hindmost, or Hindermost.] [OE. hind, adv., back, AS. hindan behind. See Hinder, a.] In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.Cite This Source
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Heb. 'ayalah (2 Sam. 22:34; Ps. 18:33, etc.) and 'ayeleth (Ps. 22, title), the female of the hart or stag. It is referred to as an emblem of activity (Gen. 49:21), gentleness (Prov. 5:19), feminine modesty (Cant. 2:7; 3:5), earnest longing (Ps. 42:1), timidity (Ps. 29:9). In the title of Ps. 22, the word probably refers to some tune bearing that name.
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any of certain species of fishes in the sea bass family, Serranidae (order Perciformes). All species referred to as hinds are in the genus Epinephelus, which also includes many groupers. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico along the North American coast, with the exception of the red hind (E. guttatus), which ranges from the Carolinas to Brazil. The rock hind (E. adscensionis), ranging from New England to the West Indies, may reach 61 cm (24 inches); the speckled hind (E. drummondhayi) of the coastal region of the southeastern United States is somewhat smaller, reaching a length of 46 cm (19 inches)
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