hin

[ hin ]

noun
  1. an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).

Origin of hin

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin (Vulgate) <Greek (Septuagint) <Hebrew hīn<Egyptian hnw a liquid measure, literally, jar

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How to use hin in a sentence

  • Saxo has mistaken a title hnggvanbaugi for a father's name, (hins) hnggva Baugs "(son of the) covetous Baug."

    Beowulf | R. W. Chambers
  • There was not left per man more than ten k'hommers of wheat, three hins of millet, and twelve betzas of dried fruit.

    Salammbo | Gustave Flaubert
  • And my cellar is full of wather, and my hins will all be drowned intirely if it ain't fixed.

  • But bedad, Winnie, if thim hins there don't prisintly take to layin' a thrifle, it's in a tight houle we'll be ourselves.

  • I would bet a sack of potatoes to a bag of meal that one o' thim very hins is afther layin' an egg, by the cluck of her!

    Terry | Rosa Mulholland

British Dictionary definitions for hin

hin

/ (hɪn) /


noun
  1. a Hebrew unit of capacity equal to about 12 pints or 3.5 litres

Origin of hin

1
from Late Latin, from Greek, from Hebrew hīn, from Egyptian hnw

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