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.
Hind , n. [OE. hine, AS. hīne, hīna, orig. gen. pl. of hīwan domestics; akin to Icel. hjū 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.
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 (?), n. [AS. hind; akin to D.
hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde,
hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in
comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. &?; a young deer.]
1. (Zoöl.) The female of
the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
2. (Zoöl.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.
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