From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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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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