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hidebound |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hidebound \Hide"bound`\, a. 1. Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal. 2. (Hort.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees. --Bacon. 3. Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative. --Milton. Carlyle. 4. Niggardly; penurious. [Obs.] --Quarles. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hidebound adj : stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded [syn: {traditionalist}]
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