1. adj. (esp. of parts of the body) situated at the back, posterior (hind leg) (opp. FORE).
Phrases and idioms:
on one's hind legs see LEG.
Etymology: ME, perh. shortened f. OE bihindan BEHIND 2. n. a female deer (usu. a red deer or sika), esp. in and after the third year.
Etymology: OE f. Gmc 3. n. hist.
1. esp. Sc. a skilled farm-worker, usu. married and with a tied cottage, and formerly having charge of two horses.
2 a steward on a farm.
3 a rustic, a boor.
Etymology: ME hine f. OE hine (pl.) app. f. hi(g)na genit. pl. of higan, hiwan 'members of a family' (cf. HIDE(3)): for -d cf. SOUND(1)