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Webster 1913 Edition

Hide

Hide

(hīd)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Hid
(hĭd)
;
p. p.
Hidden
(hĭd′d’n)
,
Hid
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hiding
(hīd′ĭng)
.]
[OE.
hiden
,
huden
, AS.
hȳdan
; akin to Gr.
κεύθειν
, and prob. to E.
house
,
hut
, and perh. to E.
hide
of an animal, and to
hoard
. Cf.
Hoard
.]
1.
To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
A city that is set on an hill can not be
hid
.
Matt. v. 15.
If circumstances lead me, I will find
Where truth is
hid
.
Shakespeare
2.
To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Heaven from all creatures
hides
the book of fate.
Pope.
3.
To remove from danger; to shelter.
In the time of trouble he shall
hide
me in his pavilion.
Ps. xxvi. 5.
Syn. – To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See
Conceal
.

Hide

,
Verb.
I.
To lie concealed; to keep one’s self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.
Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you
hide
.
Pope.
Hide and seek
,
a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them.
Swift.

Hide

,
Noun.
[AS.
hīd
, earlier
hīged
; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS.
hīwan
,
hīgan
, members of a household, and E.
hind
a peasant.]
(O. Eng. Law.)
(a)
An abode or dwelling.
(b)
A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres.
[Written also
hyde
.]

Hide

,
Noun.
[OE.
hide
,
hude
, AS.
hȳd
; akin to D.
huid
, OHG.
hūt
, G.
haut
, Icel.
hūð
, Dan. & Sw.
hud
, L.
cutis
, Gr.
κύτος
; and cf. Gr.
σκύτοσ
skin, hide, L.
scutum
shield, and E.
sky
. √13.]
1.
The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; – generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
2.
The human skin; – so called in contempt.
O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's
hide
!
Shakespeare

Hide

(hīd)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hided
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hiding
.]
To flog; to whip.
[Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Hide

HIDE

,
Verb.
T.
pret. hid; pp. hid, hidden.
1.
To conceal; to withhold or withdraw from sight; to place in any state or position in which the view is intercepted from the object. The intervention of the moon between the earth and the sun hides the latter from our sight. The people in Turkey hide their grain in the earth. No human being can hide his crimes or his neglect of duty from his Maker.
2.
To conceal from knowledge; to keep secret.
Depart to the mountains; hide yourselves there three days. Josh.2.
Tell me now what thou hast done--hide it not from me. Josh.7.
3.
In Scripture, not to confess or disclose; or to excuse and extenuate.
I acknowledged my sin to thee, and my iniquity have I not hid. Ps.32.
4.
To protect; to keep in safety.
In the time of trouble, he shall hide me in his pavilion. Ps.27.
To hide the face from, to overlook; to pardon.
Hide thy face from my sins. Ps.51.
To hide the face, to withdraw spiritual presence, support and consolation.
Thou didst hide thy face,and I was troubled. Ps.30.
To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection.
The prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself. Prov.22.

HIDE

,
Verb.
I.
To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight.
Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide.
Hide and seek, a play of boys, in which some hide themselves and another seeks them.

HIDE

,
Noun.
In the ancient laws of England, a certain portion of land, the quantity of which however is not well ascertained. Some authors consider it as the quantity that could be tilled with one plow; others, as much as would maintain a family. Some suppose it to be 60, some 80,and others 100 acres.

HIDE

,
Noun.
[L. cutis; Gr. either a peel, from stripping, separating, or a cover.]
1.
The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; more generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, &c.
2.
The human skin; in contempt.

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