Hide (hīd),
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hided; p.
pr. & vb. n. Hiding.]
To flog; to whip. [Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.]
Hide , n. [OE. hide, hude, AS. h&ymacr;d; akin to D.
huid, OHG. hūt,
G. haut, Icel. hūð, Dan. & Sw. hud, L. cutis, Gr. ky`tos;
and cf. Gr. sky`tos 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!
Shak.
Hide , n. [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Hide , v. i. To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.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 (hīd),
v. t. [imp. Hid (h&ibreve;d); p. p. Hidden (h&ibreve;d"d'n), Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding (hīd"&ibreve;ng).]
[OE.
hiden, huden, AS. h&ymacr;dan; akin to Gr. key`qein, 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.
Shak. 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.
To hide one's self,
to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection.
"A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself." Prov. xxii. 3. -- To hide the face, to withdraw favor. "Thou didst hide thy face, and I
was troubled." Ps. xxx. 7. -- To hide the face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. "Hide thy face from my sins." Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.
Syn. -- To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.
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