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Webster 1913 Edition


Hind

Hind

(hīnd)
,
Noun.
[AS.
hind
; akin to D.
hinde
, OHG.
hinta
, G.
hinde
,
hindin
, Icel., Sw., & Dan.
hind
, and perh. to Goth.
hinþan
to seize (in comp.), E.
hunt
, or cf. Gr.
κεμάσ
a young deer.]
1.
(Zool.)
The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
2.
(Zool.)
A spotted food fish of the genus
Epinephelus
, as
Epinephelus apua
of Bermuda, and
Epinephelus Drummond-hayi
of Florida; – called also
coney
,
John Paw
,
spotted hind
.

Hind

,
Noun.
[OE.
hine
, AS.
hīne
,
hīna
, orig. gen. pl. of
hīwan
domestics; akin to Icel.
hjū
man and wife, domestics, family, Goth.
heiwa
frauja master of the house, G.
hei
rath 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

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Hinder
;
sup
erl.
Hindmost
, or
Hindermost
.]
[OE.
hind
, adv., back, AS.
hindan
behind. See
Hinder
,
Adj.
]
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 1828 Edition


Hind

HIND

,
Noun.
The female of the red deer or stag.

HIND

,
Noun.
A domestic; a servant.
1.
A peasant; a rustic; or a husbandman's servant.

HIND

,
Adj.
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.

Definition 2024


hind

hind

English

Adjective

hind (comparative hinder, superlative hindmost)

  1. Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
    • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
      When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Wikispecies From Middle English hind, hinde, hynde, from Old English hind, from Proto-Germanic *hindō, *hindiz, from a formation on Proto-Indo-European *ḱem- (hornless). Cognate with Dutch hinde, German Hinde, Danish hind.

Noun

hind (plural hinds)

  1. A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.1.3:
      Nature binds all creatures to love their young ones; an hen to preserve her brood will run upon a lion, an hind will fight with a bull, a sow with a bear, a silly sheep with a fox.
  2. A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus.
Synonyms
  • (female deer): doe
Translations

Etymology 3

Old English hī(ġ)na, genitive plural of hīġa (servant, family member), in the phrase hīna fæder ‘paterfamilias’. The -d is a later addition (compare sound). Compare Old Frisian hinde (servant).

Noun

hind (plural hinds)

  1. (archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.
    • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, I.51:
      Attilius Regulus [] writ unto the common-wealth, that a hyne [transl. valet de labourage] or plough-boy, whom he had left alone to oversee and husband his land (which in all was but seven acres of ground) was run away from his charge [].
    • 1827, Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale, page 41:
      The peaceful tenour of Nina's life was interrupted one morning by the mysterious looks and whisperings of her maids and hinds.
    • 1931, Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth:
      that my brother can sit at leisure in a seat and learn something and I must work like a hind, who am your son as well as he!

For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:hind.


Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hind, from Proto-Germanic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hend/, [henˀ]

Noun

hind c (singular definite hinden, plural indefinite hinder or hinde)

  1. hind (female deer)

Inflection


Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hinta. Cognate with Finnish hinta.

Noun

hind (genitive hinna, partitive hinda)

  1. price

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.


Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪnt/

Etymology 1

Noun

hind f (genitive singular hindar, plural hindir)

  1. membrane
Declension
Declension of hind
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hind hindin hindir hindirnar
accusative hind hindina hindir hindirnar
dative hind hindini hindum hindunum
genitive hindar hindarinnar hinda hindanna
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hind, from Proto-Germanic.

Noun

hind f (genitive singular hindar, plural hindir)

  1. hind (female deer)
Declension
Declension of hind
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hind hindin hindir hindirnar
accusative hind hindina hindir hindirnar
dative hind hindini hindum hindunum
genitive hindar hindarinnar hinda hindanna
Derived terms

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

hind f (genitive singular hindar, nominative plural hindir)

  1. female deer, hind

Declension


Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hindō, *hindiz, whence also Old High German hinta, Old Norse hind.

Noun

hind f

  1. hind

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Early Scots hyne (stripling), from Northumbrian Old English hīȝu or hīȝan (members of a household).

Pronunciation

Noun

hind (plural hinds)

  1. (archaic) A skilled labourer on a farm, especially a ploughman. In Southern Scotland, specifically a married skilled farmworker given housing in a cottage and often given special privileges in addition to his wages. Occasionally a derogatory term.

Derived terms

  • hindin (the act of being a hind)
  • hindish (to be like a hind; rustic)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hind, cognate with Old High German hinta, German Hinde, English hind.

Noun

hind c

  1. a doe, a hind; the female of deer
    skygg som en hind
    shy as a doe
    Man kan ej för samma kärra spänna en häst och en hind
    One can not harness to the same cart a horse and a trembling doe

Declension

Inflection of hind 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hind hinden hindar hindarna
Genitive hinds hindens hindars hindarnas

References