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| 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. |
[Origin: bef. 900; ME, OE; c. D hinde, ON, Dan, Sw hind, OHG hinta (G, LG Hinde)]
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| 1. | a peasant or rustic. |
| 2. | Scot. and North England. a farm laborer. |
[Origin: 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 hide3]
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| Hindustani (def. 1). |
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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.] |
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[Middle English, from Old English.] |
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[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 (adj.)
c.1300, perhaps a back-formation from O.E. behindan "back, behind," used as adv. and prep., or from O.E. hindan (adv.) "from behind," words of unknown origin, cognate with Goth. hindan (prep.) "on that side of, beyond, behind;" Ger. hinten "behind." Possibly infl. by M.E. hiner (adv.) "back, rear." Hindmost is from 1375. Hindsight is recorded 1851 as "back-sight of a rifle," 1883 as "perception after the event."
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hind (n.)
"female deer," O.E. hind, from P.Gmc. *khindo (cf. O.N. hind, Du. hinde, O.H.G. hinta, Ger. Hinde "hind") perhaps from PIE *kemti-, from base *kem- "hornless" (cf. Gk. kemas, Lith. smulas "young deer, gazelle").
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| 1. | located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" [syn: back] |
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| 1. | any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers |
| 2. | a female deer, especially an adult female red deer |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
hind [haind] noun
a female deer, especially of the red deer
hind [haind] adjective
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at the back (usually of an animal)
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Be*hind"\, prep. [AS. behindan; pref. be- + hindan. See Hind, a.]1. On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill. A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. --Bp. Hall. 2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death. A small part of what he left behind him. --Pope. 3. Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement. I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. --2 Cor. xi. 5.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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Hewe\, n. [Cf. Hind a peasant.] A domestic servant; a retainer. [Obs.] "False homely hewe." --Chaucer.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Hind
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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