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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HIND, n. The female of the red deer or stag.
HIND, n. A domestic; a servant.
1. A peasant; a rustic; or a husbandman's servant.
HIND, a. Backward; pertaining to the part which follows; in opposition to the fore part; as the hind legs of a quadruped; the hind toes; the hind shoes of a horse; the hind part of an animal.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" [syn: back, hind, hinder] n
1: any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers
2: a female deer, especially an adult female red deer

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural hinds; also hind) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German hinta hind, Greek kemas young deer Date: before 12th century 1. the female of the red deer — compare hart 2. any of various spotted groupers (especially genus Epinephelus) II. noun Etymology: Middle English hine servant, farmhand, from Old English h?na, genitive of h?wan, plural, members of a household; akin to Old High German h?wo spouse, Latin civis fellow citizen Date: 1520 1. a British farm assistant 2. archaic rustic III. adjective Etymology: Middle English, probably back-formation from Old English hinder, adverb, behind; akin to Old High German hintar, preposition, behind Date: 14th century of or forming the part that follows or is behind ; rear <the dog's hind legs>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. adj. (esp. of parts of the body) situated at the back, posterior (hind leg) (opp. FORE). Phrases and idioms: on one's hind legs see LEG. Etymology: ME, perh. shortened f. OE bihindan BEHIND 2. n. a female deer (usu. a red deer or sika), esp. in and after the third year. Etymology: OE f. Gmc 3. n. hist. 1 esp. Sc. a skilled farm-worker, usu. married and with a tied cottage, and formerly having charge of two horses. 2 a steward on a farm. 3 a rustic, a boor. Etymology: ME hine f. OE hine (pl.) app. f. hi(g)na genit. pl. of higan, hiwan 'members of a family' (cf. HIDE(3)): for -d cf. SOUND(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hind 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 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

An animal's hind legs are at the back of its body. Suddenly the cow kicked up its hind legs. ADJ: ADJ n

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hind.

See DEER.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. Back, hinder, posterior, rear. II. n. 1. Female deer (of the stag or red deer). 2. Peasant, swain, boor, lout, rustic, clod-poll, bumpkin, clown, ploughman, bog-trotter, clod-hopper, countryman.

Moby Thesaurus

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