Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 34
High-raised (a.) Elated with great ideas or hopes. -- Milton.
High-reaching (a.) Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring. -- Shak.
High-red (a.) Of a strong red color.
Highroad (n.) A highway; a much traveled or main road. [Mostly British]
Syn: trunk road.
Highroad (n.) A highway [syn: highroad, trunk road].
High-seasoned (a.) Enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.
High-sighted (a.) Looking upward; supercilious. -- Shak.
High-souled (a.) Having a high or noble spirit; honorable. -- E. Everett.
High-sounding (a.) Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
High-sounding (a.) Pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution" [syn: high-flown, high-sounding, inflated].
High-spirited (a.) Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.
High-spirited (a.) Joyously unrestrained [syn: ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited].
High-stepper (n.) A horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing. [Colloq.]
High-stomached (a.) Having a lofty spirit; haughty. [Obs.] -- Shak.
High-strung (a.) Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.
High-strung (a.) Being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight].
High-swelling (a.) Inflated; boastful.
Compare: Height
Height (n.) [Written also hight.] The condition of being high; elevated position.
Behold the height of the stars, how high they are! -- Job xxii. 12.
Height (n.) The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of an animal, especially of a man; stature. -- Bacon.
[Goliath's] height was six cubits and a span. --1 Sam. xvii. 4.
Height (n.) Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs.]
Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as Peru to the south. -- Abp. Abbot.
Height (n.) That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights. -- Dryden.
Height (n.) Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; pre["e]minence or distinction in society; prominence.
Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts. -- R. Browning.
All would in his power hold, all make his subjects. -- Chapman.
Height (n.) Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
Social duties are carried to greater heights, and enforced with stronger motives by the principles of our religion. -- Addison.
Height (n.) Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
My grief was at the height before thou camest. -- Shak.
On height, Aloud. [Obs.]
[He] spake these same words, all on hight. -- Chaucer.
Hight (n.) A variant of Height.
Hight (imp.) of Hight.
Hot () of Hight.
Hight (p. p.) of Hight.
Hote () of Hight.
Hoten () of Hight.
Hight (v. t. & i.) To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]
Note: In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a present, meaning is called or named, also as a preterite, was called or named. This form has also been used as a past participle. See Hote.
The great poet of Italy, That highte Dante. -- Chaucer.
Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight. -- Surrey.
Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher.
Father he hight, and he was, in the parish. -- Longfellow.
Childe Harold was he hight. -- Byron.
Hight (v. t. & i.) To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]
But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall. -- Spenser.
Hight (v. t. & i.) To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]
Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. -- Spenser.
Hight (v. t. & i.) To promise. [Obs.]
He had hold his day, as he had hight. -- Chaucer.
Hightener (n.) That which heightens.
Highth (n.) Variant of Height.
High-toned (a.) High in tone or sound.
High-toned (a.) Elevated; high-principled; honorable.
In whose high-toned impartial mind Degrees of mortal rank and state Seem objects of indifferent weight. -- Sir W. Scott.
High-toned (a.) pretentious, pompous.
High-toned (a.) Pretentiously elegant; "a high-toned restaurant" [syn: high-class, high-toned].
High-top (n.) A ship's masthead. -- Shak.
High-top (a.) (Of shoes or boots) having relatively high uppers [syn: high-top, high-topped].
Highty-tighty (a.) Hoity-toity.
Highway (n.) A road or way open to the use of the public, especially a paved main road or thoroughfare between towns; in the latter sense it contrasts with local street; as, on the highways and byways.
Syn: Way; road; path; course.
Highway (n.) A major road for any form of motor transport [syn: highway, main road].
Highway, () A raised road for public use. Such roads were not found in Palestine; hence the force of the language used to describe the return of the captives and the advent of the Messiah (Isa. 11:16; 35:8; 40:3; 62:10) under the figure of the preparation of a grand thoroughfare for their march.
During their possession of Palestine the Romans constructed several important highways, as they did in all countries which they ruled.
Highway, () A passage or road through the country, or some parts of it, for the use of the people. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 442. The term highway is said to be a generic name for all kinds of public ways. 6 Mod R, 255.
Highway, () Highways are universally laid out by public authority and repaired at the public expense, by direction of law. 4 Burr. Rep. 2511.
Highway, () The public have an easement over a highway, of which the owner of the land cannot deprive them; but the soil and freehold still remain in the owner, and he may use the land above and below consistently with the easement. He may, therefore, work a mine, sink a drain or water course, under the highway, if the easement remains unimpaired. Vide Road; Street; Way; and 4 Vin. Ab. 502; Bac. Ab. h.t.; Com. Dig. Chemin; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; Egremont on Highways; Wellbeloved on Highways; Woolrych on Ways; 1 N. H. Rep. 16; 1 Conn. R. 103; 1 Pick. R. 122; 1 M'Cord's R. 67; 2 Mass. R. 127; 1 Pick. R. 122; 3 Rawle, R. 495; 15 John. R. 483; 16 Mass. R. 33; 1 Shepl. R. 250; 4 Day, R. 330; 2 Bail. R. 271; 1 Yeates, Rep. 167.
Highway, () The owners of lots on opposite sides of a highway, are prima facie owners, each of one half of the highway,, 9 Serg. & Rawle, 33; Ham. Parties, 275; Bro. Abr. Nuisance, pl. 18 and the owner may recover the possession in ejectment, and have it delivered to him, subject to the public easement. Adams on Eject. 19, 18; 2 Johns. Rep. 357; 15 Johns. Rep. 447; 6 Mass. 454; 2 Mass. 125.
Highway, () If the highway is impassable, the public have the right to pass over the adjacent soil; but this rule does not extend to private ways, without an express grant. Morg. Vad. Mec. 456-7; 1 Tho. Co. Lit. 275; note 1 Barton, Elem. Conv. 271; Yelv. 142, note 1.
Highwaymen (n. pl. ) of Highwayman.
Highwayman (n.) One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.
Highwayman (n.) A holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it [syn: highjacker, highwayman, hijacker, road agent].
High-wrought (a.) Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. [Obs.] -- Pope.
High-wrought (a.) Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. "A high-wrought flood." -- Shak.
Higre (n.) See Eagre. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Compare: Torchwort
Torchwort (n.) (Bot.) The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet, anciently served for torches. Called also torch, and hig-taper.
Hig-taper (n.) (Bot.) Verbascum ({Verbascum Thapsus"> A plant of the genus Verbascum ({Verbascum Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.] Hijera
Hijab (n.) 希賈布（穆斯林婦女戴的面紗或頭巾）A headscarf worn by Muslim women; conceals the hair and neck and usually has a face veil that covers the face.
Hijab (n.) The custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home; "she observes the hijab and does not wear tight clothing."
Hijab (n.) A head covering worn in public by some Muslim women.
Hijab (n.) The religious code which governs the wearing of the hijab.
Hijab (n.) [C] 頭巾（伊斯蘭教女性出門時用於包裹頭部的頭巾） The head covering that some Muslim women wear when they are outside.
Hijab (n.) [U] 規定伊斯蘭教女性衣著的宗教法規 The religious law that controls the clothes that Muslim women can wear.
Hijera (n.) Alt. of Hijra.
Hijra (n.) See Hegira.
Hilal (a.) Of or pertaining to a hilum.
Hilar (a.) (Bot.) Belonging to the hilum.
Hilarious (a.) Mirthful; noisy; merry.
Hilarious (a.) Marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories" [syn: hilarious, screaming(a), uproarious].
Hilarity (n.) Boisterous mirth; merriment; jollity. -- Goldsmith.
Note: Hilarity differs from joy: the latter, excited by good news or prosperity, is an affection of the mind; the former, produced by social pleasure, drinking, etc., which rouse the animal spirits, is more demonstrative.
Syn: Glee; cheerfulness; mirth; merriment; gayety; joyousness; exhilaration; joviality; jollity.
Hilarity (n.) Great merriment [syn: hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness].
Hilary term, () Formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in England, beginning on the eleventh of January and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; -- so called from the festival of St. Hilary, January 13th.
Note: The Hilary term is superseded by the Hilary sittings, which commence on the eleventh of January and end on the Wednesday before Easter. -- Mozley & W.
Hilary term, () Eng. law. One of the four terms of the courts, beginning the 11th and ending the 31st day of January in each year.
Hilding (n.) A base, menial wretch.
Hilding (a.) Base; spiritless. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Hile (v. t.) To hide. See Hele. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hile (n.) (Bot.) Same as Hilum.
Compare: Hilum
Hilum (n.) (Bot.) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called also hile.
Hilum (n.) (Anat.) The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.
Hilled (imp. & p. p.) of Hill.
Hilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hill.
Hill (v. t.) To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.
Showing them how to plant and hill it. -- Palfrey.
Hill (n.) A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.
Every mountain and hill shall be made low. -- Is. xl. 4.
Hill (n.) The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.
Hill (v. t.) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes. [U. S.]
Hill ant (Zool.), A common ant ({Formica rufa"> Hill ant (Zool.), a common ant ({Formica rufa), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests.
Hill myna (Zool.), One of several species of birds of India, of the genus Gracula, and allied to the starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words. [Written also hill mynah.] See Myna.
Hill partridge (Zool.), A partridge of the genus Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Hill tit (Zool.), One of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family Leiotrichid[ae]. Many are beautifully colored.
Hill (n.) A local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia."
Hill (n.) Structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind" [syn: mound, hill].
Hill (n.) United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916) [syn: Hill, J. J. Hill, James Jerome Hill].
Hill (n.) Risque English comedian (1925-1992) [syn: Hill, Benny Hill, Alfred Hawthorne].
Hill (n.) (Baseball) The slight elevation on which the pitcher stands [syn: mound, hill, pitcher's mound].
Hill (v.) Form into a hill.
Hill, () Heb. gib'eah, a curved or rounded hill, such as are common to Palestine (Ps. 65:12; 72:3; 114:4, 6).
Hill, () Heb. har, properly a mountain range rather than an individual eminence (Ex. 24:4, 12, 13, 18; Num. 14:40, 44, 45).
In Deut. 1:7, Josh. 9:1; 10:40; 11:16, it denotes the elevated district of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim, which forms the watershed between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
Hill, () Heb. ma'aleh in 1 Sam. 9:11. Authorized Version "hill" is correctly rendered in the Revised Version "ascent."
Hill, () In Luke 9:37 the "hill" is the Mount of Transfiguration.
Hill -- U.S. County in Montana
Population (2000): 16673
Housing Units (2000): 7453
Land area (2000): 2896.361217 sq. miles (7501.540796 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 19.686170 sq. miles (50.986945 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2916.047387 sq. miles (7552.527741 sq. km)
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 48.559559 N, 110.030529 W
Headwords:
Hill
Hill, MT
Hill County
Hill County, MT
Hill -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 32321
Housing Units (2000): 14624
Land area (2000): 962.360148 sq. miles (2492.501234 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 23.287823 sq. miles (60.315182 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 985.647971 sq. miles (2552.816416 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 31.996685 N, 97.156742 W
Headwords:
Hill
Hill, TX
Hill County
Hill County, TX
Hilliness (n.) The state of being hilly.
Hilliness (n.) The quality of being hilly; "the hilliness of West Virginia."
Hilling (n.) The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.
Hillock (n.) A small hill. -- Shak.
Hillock (n.) A small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock].
Hillside (n.) The side or declivity of a hill.
Hillside (n.) The side or slope of a hill.
Hillside, NJ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New Jersey
Population (2000): 21747
Housing Units (2000): 7388
Land area (2000): 2.790366 sq. miles (7.227014 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.790366 sq. miles (7.227014 sq. km)
FIPS code: 32010
Located within: New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
Location: 40.695552 N, 74.228561 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 07205
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hillside, NJ
Hillside
Hillside, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
Population (2000): 882
Housing Units (2000): 344
Land area (2000): 0.840934 sq. miles (2.178008 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.840934 sq. miles (2.178008 sq. km)
FIPS code: 34786
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 41.921923 N, 74.033217 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hillside, NY
Hillside
Hillside, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 8155
Housing Units (2000): 3107
Land area (2000): 2.147525 sq. miles (5.562063 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.147525 sq. miles (5.562063 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35086
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.874797 N, 87.900372 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 60162 60163
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hillside, IL
Hillside
Hilltop (n.) The top of a hill.
Hilltop (n.) The peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills" [syn: hilltop, brow].
Hilltop, GA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Georgia
Population (2000): 401
Housing Units (2000): 129
Land area (2000): 0.961838 sq. miles (2.491149 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.018034 sq. miles (0.046707 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.979872 sq. miles (2.537856 sq. km)
FIPS code: 38866
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 33.103864 N, 84.433959 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hilltop, GA
Hilltop
Hilltop, OH -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Ohio
Population (2000): 534
Housing Units (2000): 208
Land area (2000): 0.567820 sq. miles (1.470646 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.567820 sq. miles (1.470646 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35613
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.163058 N, 80.738781 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hilltop, OH
Hilltop
Hilltop, TX -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Texas
Population (2000): 300
Housing Units (2000): 101
Land area (2000): 1.192988 sq. miles (3.089825 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.192988 sq. miles (3.089825 sq. km)
FIPS code: 34130
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 28.692830 N, 99.173601 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hilltop, TX
Hilltop
Hilltop, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 766
Housing Units (2000): 426
Land area (2000): 0.125342 sq. miles (0.324634 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.125342 sq. miles (0.324634 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29258
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 45.052330 N, 93.249474 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hilltop, MN
Hilltop
Hilly (a.) Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country. "Hilly steep." -- Dryden.
Hilly (a.) Lofty; as, hilly empire. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Hilly (a.) Having hills and crags; "hilly terrain" [syn: cragged, craggy, hilly, mountainous].
Hilt (n.) A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.
Hilt (n.) The handle of a sword or dagger.
Hilted (a.) Having a hilt; -- used in composition; as, basket-hilted, cross-hilted.
Hilum (n.) (Bot.) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called also hile.
Hilum (n.) (Anat.) The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.
Hilum (n.) (Anatomy) A depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney" [syn: hilus, hilum].
Hilum (n.) The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle.
Hilus (n.) [NL.] (Anat.) Same as Hilum, 2.
Hilus (n.) (Anatomy) A depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney" [syn: hilus, hilum].
Compare: He
He, (pron.) The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated.
Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. -- Gen. iii. 16.
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve. -- Deut. x. 20.
He, (pron.) Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and usually followed by a relative pronoun.
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise. -- Prov. xiii. 20.
He, (pron.) Man; a male; any male person; -- in this sense used substantively. -- Chaucer.
I stand to answer thee, Or any he, the proudest of thy sort. -- Shak.
Note: When a collective noun or a class is referred to, he is of common gender. In early English, he referred to a feminine or neuter noun, or to one in the plural, as well as to noun in the masculine singular. In composition, he denotes a male animal; as, a he-goat.
Him (pron.) Them. See Hem. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Him (pron.) The objective case of he. See He.
Him that is weak in the faith receive. -- Rom. xiv. 1.
Friends who have given him the most sympathy. -- Thackeray.
Note: In old English his and him were respectively the genitive and dative forms of it as well as of he. This use is now obsolete. Poetically, him is sometimes used with the reflexive sense of himself.
I never saw but Humphrey, duke of Gloster,
Did bear him like a noble gentleman. -- Shak.
Himalayan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Asia.
Himalayan (a.) Of or relating to the Himalayas; "Himalayan peaks."
Himpne (n.) A hymn. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Himselven (pron. pl.) Themselves. See Hemself. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Himself (pron.) An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.
But he himself returned from the quarries. -- Judges iii. 19.
David hid himself in the field. -- 1 Sam. xx. 24.
The Lord himself shall give you a sign. -- Is. vii. 14.
Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people. -- Titus ii. 14.
With shame remembers, while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done. -- Denham.
Note: Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under Him.
It comprehendeth in himself all good. -- Chaucer.
Himself (pron.) One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.
By himself, Alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself.
To leave one to himself, To withdraw from him; to let him take his own course. Himselve
Himself (pron. pl.) Alt. of Himselven.
Himselve (pron.) See 1st Himself.
Himself , Himselve, Himselven, (pron. pl.) Themselves. See Hemself. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Himself, (pron.) An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.
But he himself returned from the quarries. -- Judges iii. 19.
David hid himself in the field. -- 1 Sam. xx. 24.
The Lord himself shall give you a sign. -- Is. vii. 14.
Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people. -- Titus ii. 14.
With shame remembers, while himself was one Of the same herd, himself the same had done. -- Denham.
Note: Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under Him.
It comprehendeth in himself all good. -- Chaucer.
Himself, (pron.) One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.
By himself, Alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself.
To leave one to himself, To withdraw from him; to let him take his own course. Himselve; Himself
Himyaric (a.) Alt. of Himyaritic.
Himyaritic (a.) Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as, the Himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia. --Brande & C.
Hin (n.) A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure. -- W. H. Ward.
Hin (n.) Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
Hind (n.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
Hind (n.) 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.) A domestic; a servant.
Hind (n.) A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant.
Hind (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.
Hindberry (n.) The raspberry.
Hindbrain (n.) The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.
Hindered (imp. & p. p.) of Hinder.
Hindering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hinder.
Hinder (v. t.) To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going.
Them that were entering in ye hindered. -- Luke xi. 52.
I hinder you too long. -- Shak.
Hinder (v. t.) To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right? -- Locke.
Syn: To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent; stop; interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct; debar; embarrass.
Hinder (a.) Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.
He was in the hinder part of the ship. -- Mark iv. 38.
Hinder (v. i.) To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.
This objection hinders not but that the heroic action of some commander . . . may be written. -- Dryden.
Hinder (a.) 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)].
Hinder (v.) Be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project" [syn: impede, hinder].
Hinder (v.) Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" [syn: obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass].
Hinder (v.) Put at a disadvantage; "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements" [syn: handicap, hinder, hamper].
Hinder (v.) [ T ] (C2) 阻礙，妨礙 To limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something.
// High winds have hindered firefighters in their efforts to put out the blaze.
// Her progress certainly hasn't been hindered by her lack of experience.
Hinderance (n.) Same as Hindrance.
Hinderance (n.) Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [syn: hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap].
Hinderance (n.) Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference].
Hinderance (n.) The act of hindering or obstructing or impeding [syn: hindrance, hinderance, interference].
Hinderer (n.) One who, or that which, hinders.
Hinderest (a.) Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hinderling (a.) A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [Obs.] -- Callander. Hindermost
Hindermost (a.) Alt. of Hindmost.
Hindmost (a.) Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph hindermost." -- Gen. xxxiii. 2.
Hindermost (a.) Located farthest to the rear [syn: backmost, hindermost, hindmost, rearmost].
Hindgut (n.) (Anat.) The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also.
Hindgut (n.) The caudal part of the alimentary canal in vertebrate embryos.
Hindi (n.) The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written. -- Whitworth.
Hindi (a.) Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; "the Hindu faith" [syn: Hindu, Hindi, Hindoo].
Hindi (n.) The most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the official language of India; usually written in Devanagari script.
Hindleys screw () (Mech.) A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form. Hindoo
Hindoos (n. pl. ) of Hindu.