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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.

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