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Definition of 'hind'

adjective

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)]

noun

Any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers

noun

A female deer, especially an adult female red deer

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Hind \Hind\ (h[imac]nd), n. [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. kema`s a young deer.]
1. (Zool.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag. [1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Hind \Hind\, n. [OE. hine, AS. h[imac]ne, h[imac]na, orig. gen. pl. of h[imac]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. [1913 Webster]
2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer Tells how man's daily work goes forward here. --Trench. [1913 Webster]

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.