hind

6 definitions found

hind - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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  Hind \Hind\ (h[imac]nd), n. [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG.
     hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh.
     to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf.
     Gr. kema`s a young deer.]
     1. (Zool.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is
        the stag.
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     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.
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  Hind \Hind\, n. [OE. hine, AS. h[imac]ne, h[imac]na, orig. gen.
     pl. of h[imac]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.
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     2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [Eng.]
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              The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer
              Tells how man's daily work goes forward here.
                                                    --Trench.
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hind - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

hind - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Hind
  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.

hind - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "hind":
     Cape elk, Partlet, Virginia deer, aft, after, aftermost, antelope,
     back, backward, biddy, bitch, bossy, brood mare, buck, camel,
     camelopard, caribou, countryman, countrywoman, cow, deer, deerlet,
     doe, dromedary, eland, elk, ewe, ewe lamb, fallow deer, fawn,
     fellah, filly, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, guinea hen, gyp, hart,
     hartebeest, heifer, hen, hinder, hindermost, hindhand, hindmost,
     jenny, kaama, lioness, mare, moose, mule deer, musk deer, muzhik,
     nanny, nanny goat, okapi, peahen, peasant, peon, posterior,
     postern, provincial, rear, rearmost, rearward, red deer, reindeer,
     retral, retrograde, roe, roe deer, roebuck, she-bear, she-goat,
     she-lion, slut, sow, springbok, stag, tail, tigress, vixen,
     wildebeest