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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hind \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hind \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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hind adj : 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)}] n 1: any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers 2: female red deer From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Hind Heb. 'ayalah (2 Sam. 22:34; Ps 18:33, etc.) and 'ayeleth (Ps. 22, title), the female of the hart or stag. It is referred to as an emblem of activity (Gen. 49:21), gentleness (Prov. 5:19), feminine modesty (Cant. 2:7; 3:5), earnest longing (Ps. 42:1), timidity (Ps. 29:9). In the title of Ps 22, the word probably refers to some tune bearing that name
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