About The Word Hind
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Hind
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What's The Definition Of Hind?
[n] female red deer
[n] any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers Synonyms | Synonyms for Hind: Related Terms | Find terms related to Hind: aft | after | aftermost | antelope | back | backward | biddy | bitch | bossy | brood mare | buck | camel | camelopard | Cape elk | 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 | Partlet | 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 | Virginia deer | vixen | wildebeest See Also | Cervus elaphus | Epinephelus | Epinephelus adscensionis | genus Epinephelus | grouper | red deer | rock hind Hind In Webster's Dictionary \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. (Zo["o]l.) The female of the red deer, of which the male
is the stag.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
\Hind\, n. [OE. hine, AS. h[=i]ne, h[=i]na, orig. gen. pl. of h[=i]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. 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\, 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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