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Hill (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hilling.] To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.
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Showing them how to plant and hill it. Palfrey.
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Hilliness (?), n. The state of being hilly.
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Hilling, n. The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.
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Hillock (?), n. A small hill. Shak.
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Hillside (?), n. The side or declivity of a hill.
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Hilltop (?), n. The top of a hill.
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Hilly (?), a. 1. Abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country. “Hilly steep.” Dryden.
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2. Lofty; as, hilly empire. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Hilt (?), n. [AS. hilt, hilte; akin to OHG. helza, Prov. G. hilze, Icel. hjalt.] 1. A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.
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Hilted, a. Having a hilt; -- used in composition; as, basket-hilted, cross-hilted.
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Hilum (?), n. [L., a little thing, trifle.] 1. (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.
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2. (Anat.) The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.
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Hilus (?), n. [NL.] (Anat.) Same as , 2.
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Him (hĭm), pron. Them. See . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Him, pron. [AS. him, dat. of hē. √183. See .] The objective case of he. See .
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Him that is weak in the faith receive. Rom. xiv. 1.
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Friends who have given him the most sympathy. Thackeray.
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☞ 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.
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I never saw but Humphrey, duke of Gloster,
Did bear him like a noble gentleman. Shak.
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Himalayan (?), a. [Skr. himālaya, prop., the abode of snow.] Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Asia.
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Himantoglossum n. A small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region.
Syn. -- genus Himantoglossum.
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Himantopus n. one of two genera of stilts; they are similar to avocets but with straight bills.
Syn. -- genus Himantopus.
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Himpne (?), n. A hymn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Himself (?), pron. 1. 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.
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But he himself returned from the quarries. Judges iii. 19.
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David hid himself in the field. 1 Sam. xx. 24.
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The Lord himself shall give you a sign. Is. vii. 14.
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Who gave himself for us, that he might . . . purify unto himself a peculiar people. Titus ii. 14.
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With shame remembers, while himself was one
Of the same herd, himself the same had done. Denham.
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☞ Himself was formerly used instead of itself. See Note under .
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It comprehendeth in himself all good. Chaucer.
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2. 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.
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Coloq. By himself , alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself. -- Coloq. To leave one to himself , to withdraw from him; to let him take his own course.

Himself (?), Himselve (�), Himselven (�), pron. pl. Themselves. See . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Himselve (?), pron. See 1st . [Obs.]

{ Himyaric (?), 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.
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Hin (hĭn), n. [Heb. hīn.] A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure. W. H. Ward.
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Hinayana n. 1. a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts.
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2. one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through one's own efforts; chiefly in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); Myanmar (Burma); Thailand; Cambodia.
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Hinayanist n. an adherent of Hinayana Buddhism.
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Hind (hīnd), n. [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinþan to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. kemas a young deer.] 1. (Zoöl.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
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2. (Zoöl.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as Epinephelus apua of Bermuda, and Epinephelus Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.
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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. a measure of land.] 1. A domestic; a servant. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [Eng.]
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The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer
Tells how man's daily work goes forward here. Trench.
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Hind, a. [Compar. Hinder (?); superl. Hindmost (?), or Hindermost (�).] [OE. hind, adv., back, AS. hindan behind. See , 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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Hindberry (?), n. [AS. hindberie; akin to OHG. hintberi, G. himbeere. So called because hinds or stags are fond of them. See 1st , and .] The raspberry. [Prov. Eng.]
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Hindbrain (?), n. [Hind, adj. + brain.] (Anat.) The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.
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Hinder (?), a. [OE. hindere, AS. hinder, adv., behind; akin to OHG. hintar, prep., behind, G. hinter, Goth. hindar; orig. a comparative, and akin to AS. hine hence. See , , and cf. , 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.
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He was in the hinder part of the ship. Mark iv. 38.
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Hinder (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hindered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hindering.] [OE. hindren, hinderen, AS. hindrian, fr. hinder behind; akin to D. hinderen, G. hindern, OHG. hintar�n, Icel. & Sw. hindra, Dan. hindre. See , a.] 1. 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.
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Them that were entering in ye hindered. Luke xi. 52.
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I hinder you too long. Shak.
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2. To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
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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.
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Hinder, v. i. To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.
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This objection hinders not but that the heroic action of some commander . . . may be written. Dryden.
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Hinderance (?). n. Same as .
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Hinderer (?), n. One who, or that which, hinders.
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Hinderest (?), a. Hindermost; -- superl. of , a. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Hinderling (?), n. [AS. hinderling one who comes behind his ancestors, fr. AS. hinder behind. See , a., and cf. .] A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [Obs.] Callander.

{ Hindermost, Hindmost } (?), a. [The superlative of hind. See , a.] [Cf. AS. hindema (akin to Goth. hindumists), a superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See , a., and cf. .] Furthest in or toward the rear; last. “Rachel and Joseph hindermost.” Gen. xxxiii. 2.
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Hindgut (?), n. [Hind, a. + gut.] (Anat.) The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also.
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Hindi (?), n. [Prop. a Per. adj. meaning, Indian, Hindoo.] The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindus. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written. Whitworth.
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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, Hindu } (?; 277), n.; pl. Hindoos (#) or Hindus. [Per. Hindū, fr. Hind, Hindūstān, India. Cf. .] A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.

{Hindoo calendar or Hindu calendar }. A lunisolar calendar of India, according to which the year is divided into twelve months, with an extra month inserted after every month in which two new moons occur (once in three years). The intercalary month has the name of the one which precedes it. The year usually commences about April 11. The months are follows:

Baisakh . . . . . . . . . .    April-May
Jeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . May-June
Asarh . . . . . . . . . . . .  June-July
Sawan (Sarawan) . . . . . . .  July-Aug.
Bhadon . . . . . . . . . . .   Aug.-Sept.
Asin (Kuar). . . . . . . . . . Sept.-Oct.
Katik (Kartik) . . . . . . . . Oct.-Nov.
Aghan . . . . . . . . . . . .  Nov.-Dec.
Pus . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Dec.-Jan.
Magh . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan.-Feb.
Phagun (Phalgun) . . . . . . . Feb.-March
Chait . . . . . . . . . . . .  March-April

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{ Hindooism, Hinduism } (?), n. The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindus; Brahmanism.

{ Hindoostanee, Hindoostani, Hindustani } (?), a. [Hind. Hindūstānī an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hindūstān India.] Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n. The language of Hindustan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.
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Hindostani n. Same as . See .
Syn. -- Hindustani, Hindoostani.
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hindquarter n. the back half of a side of meat, from about the twelfth rib back.
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hindquarters n. 1. the fleshy part of the human body at the back of the hip, on which a person sits; teh buttocks.
Syn. -- buttocks, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass.
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2. the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks.
Syn. -- croup, croupe, rump.
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Hindrance (?), n. [See , v. t.] 1. The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
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2. That which hinders; an impediment.
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What various hindrances we meet. Cowper.
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Something between a hindrance and a help. Wordsworth.

Syn. -- Impediment; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; interruption; check; delay; restraint.
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hindshank n. a cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg.
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hindsight n. understanding the nature of an event after it has happened; as, hindsight is always clearer than foresight.
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Coloq. 20-20 hindsight , Coloq. twenty-twenty hindsight Perfect understanding of an event after it has happened; -- a term usually used with sarcasm in response to criticism of one's decision, implying that the critic is unfairly judging the wisdom of the decision in light of information that was not available when the decision was made.
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Hindu (?), n. Same as . This is now the more commonly used spelling.
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Hinduism n. 1. the dominant religion of India; characterized by a caste system anud belief in reincarnation.
Syn. -- Hindooism.
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2. a complex of beliefs and values and customs including worship of many gods, especially the Trimurti composed of Brahma the Creator; Vishnu the preserver; and Shiva the destroyer.
Syn. -- Hindooism.
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Hindustan n. northern region of India where Hinduism predominates.
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Hindustani adj. of or pertaining to Hindustan or its inhabitants.
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Hindustani n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India.
Syn. -- Hindu, Hindoo.
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2. a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi. See .
Syn. -- Hindoostani, Hindoostanee, Hindostani.
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Hine (?), n. [See a servant.] A servant; a farm laborer; a peasant; a hind. [Obs.]
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Bailiff, herd, nor other hine. Chaucer.
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Hinge (?), n. [OE. henge, heeng; akin to D. heng, LG. henge, Prov. E. hingle a small hinge; connected with hang, v., and Icel. hengja to hang. See .]
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1. The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.
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The gate self-opened wide,
On golden hinges turning. Milton.
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2. That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.
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3. One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south. [R.]
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When the moon is in the hinge at East. Creech.
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Nor slept the winds . . . but rushed abroad. Milton.
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Coloq. Hinge joint . (a) (Anat.) See . (b) (Mech.) Any joint resembling a hinge, by which two pieces are connected so as to permit relative turning in one plane. -- Coloq. To be off the hinges , to be in a state of disorder or irregularity; to have lost proper adjustment. Tillotson.
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Hinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hinging (?).] 1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.
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2. To bend. [Obs.] Shak.
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Hinge (?), v. i. To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point. I. Taylor
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Hinged (?), a. Furnished with hinges.
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Hingeless (?), a. Without a hinge or joint.
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Hink (?), n. A reaping hook. Knight.

{ Hinniate (?), Hinny (?) } v. i. [L. hinnire.] To neigh; to whinny. [Obs.]
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Hinny, n.; pl. Hinnies (#). [L. hinnus, cf. Gr. �.] A hybrid between a stallion and an ass; -- correlative of the mule.
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Hinny, n. A term of endearment; darling; -- corrupted from honey. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
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Hint (hĭnt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hinting.] [OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS. hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper. √36. Cf. .] To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
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Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike. Pope.

Syn. -- To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.
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Hint, v. i. To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.
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We whisper, and hint, and chuckle. Tennyson.
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Coloq. To hint at , to allude to lightly, indirectly, or cautiously.

Syn. -- To allude; refer; glance; touch.
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Hint, n. A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
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Our hint of woe
Is common. Shak.
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The hint malevolent, the look oblique. Hannah More.

Syn. -- Suggestion; allusion. See .
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hinterland (?), n. [G.; hinter behind + land land.] a remote and undeveloped area; originally, the land or region lying behind the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the so-called Coloq. doctrine of the hinterland , sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying inland of the coast.
Syn. -- backwoods, back country, boondocks.
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Hintingly (?), adv. In a hinting manner.
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Hip (?), n. [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG. huf, G. hüfte, Dan. hofte, Sw. höft, Goth. hups; cf. Icel. huppr, and also Gr. � the hollow above the hips of cattle, and Lith. kumpis ham.]
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1. The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
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2. (Arch.) The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.
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3. (Engin) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord. Waddell.
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Coloq. Hip bone (Anat.), the innominate bone; -- called also haunch bone and huckle bone. -- Coloq. Hip girdle (Anat.), the pelvic girdle. -- Coloq. Hip joint (Anat.), the articulation between the thigh bone and hip bone. -- Coloq. Hip knob (Arch.), a finial, ball, or other ornament at the intersection of the hip rafters and the ridge. -- Coloq. Hip molding (Arch.), a molding on the hip of a roof, covering the hip joint of the slating or other roofing. -- Coloq. Hip rafter (Arch.), the rafter extending from the wall plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof. -- Coloq. Hip roof , Coloq. Hipped roof (Arch.), a roof having sloping ends and sloping sides. See , n., 2., and , v. t., 3. -- Coloq. Hip tile , a tile made to cover the hip of a roof. -- Coloq. To catch upon the hip , or Coloq. To have on the hip , to have or get the advantage of; -- a figure probably derived from wresting. Shak. -- Coloq. To smite hip and thigh , to overthrow completely; to defeat utterly. Judg. xv. 8.
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Hip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hipping.] 1. To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
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2. To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
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3. To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
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Coloq. Hipped roof . See Hip roof, under .
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Hip (?), n. [OE. hepe, AS. heópe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble bush.] (Bot.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina); called also rose hip. [Written also hop, hep.]
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Coloq. Hip tree (Bot.), the dog-rose.
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Hip, interj. Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!

Hip, or Hipps (�), n. See , n. [Colloq.]
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hip, a. 1. Aware of the latest ideas, trends, fashions, and developments in popular music and entertainment culture; not square; -- same as hep.
Syn. -- tuned in.
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2. Aware of the latest fashions and behaving as expected socially, especially in clothing style and musical taste; exhibiting an air of casual sophistication; cool; with it; -- used mostly among young people in the teens to twenties.
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hipbone n. Either of two large flaring bones, each forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis.
Syn. -- innominate bone.
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{Hipe (?), n. Also Hype }. [Etym. uncertain.] (Wrestling) A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back.
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Hipe, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hiped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiping (?).] (Wrestling) To throw by means of a hipe. -- Hiper (#), n.
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hipflask n. A small portable flask, usually made of metal, used to hold liquor.
Syn. -- pocket flask.
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Hiphalt (?), a. Lame in the hip. [R.] Gower.

hipless adj. having hips which are not prominent; seeming to have no hips; as, slim and hipless; -- of people. Opposite of broad-hipped
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hipline n. 1. the line formed by measuring the hip at its greatest part.
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2. the line formed by the lower edge of hiplength garment.
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Hip lock. (Wrestling) A lock in which a close grip is obtained and a fall attempted by a heave over the hip.
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{ Hippa (?), Hippe (?), } n. (Zoöl.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under .
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Hipparion (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � a pony, dim. of � a horse.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.

hippeastrum n. An amaryllis of tropical America (Hippeastrum puniceum) often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers.
Syn. -- Hippeastrum puniceum.
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{ Hipped (?), Hippish (?), } a. [From 5th .] Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See . [Colloq.]
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When we are hipped or in high spirits. R. L. Stevenson.
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hipped adj. 1. having hips; or, having hips of a specified type; -- used in combination; as, wide-hipped. [wns=1]
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2. (Architecture) peaked and having sloping ends rather than gables; -- of roofs; as, a hipped roof has sloping ends rather than gables. [wns=2]
Syn. -- hip-roofed.
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hippie n. Someone who rejects the established culture, dresses casually, and advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle. Used especially of those in the late 1960's, mostly in their late teens and early twenties, who conspicuously rejected traditional culture by dressing casually, if male wore their hair long, and wore folksy or used clothing adorned with beads, headbands, and often flowers; they emphasized the importance of love and direct personal relations rather than success-oriented businesslike behavior, strove for spontaneity, sometimes lived communally, and in some cases tried to expand their consciousness by various psychological techniques such as meditation, or through the use of consciousness-altering drugs such as marijuana or LSD. By the end of the Vietnam war in the 1970's, the numbers of people living a visibly hippie lifestyle had dramatically decreased, though some people continue to develop similar views and live with the same outlook.
Syn. -- hippy, flower child.
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hippo n. Same as .
Syn. -- hippopotamus, river horse, Hippopotamus amphibius.
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Hippobosca (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ippos horse + � to feed.] (Zoöl.) A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick. -- Hippoboscan (#), a.
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Hippoboscidae n. A natural family of winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies.
Syn. -- family Hippoboscidae.
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Hippocamp (?), n. See .
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Hippocampal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.
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Hippocampus (?), n. [L., the sea horse, Gr. � a hippocampus (in senses 1 and 2); ippos horse + � to bend.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune. Fairholt.
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