HIN
Hin, n. Etym: [Heb. hin.]
Defn: A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure. W. H. Ward.
HIND Hind, n. Etym: [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.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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 Hind, n. Etym: [OE. hine, AS. hine, hina, orig. gen. pl. of hiwan domestics; akin to Icel. hju 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.