hindhead 
If they [noses] are Roman, arched high and strong, they 
are generally associated with a less developed forehead 
and a larger hindhead. Quarterly Mee. 
The eyes of man are set in his forehead, not in his hind- 
head. Etneron, The American Scholar. 
Hindi (hin'de), n. [Also Hindee, Hindooee, etc.; 
Hind. Pers. AT., etc., Hindi, Indian, < Perg. 
Hind, India. Cf. Hindu, Hindustani.] 1. A 
modern dialect of northern India, differing 
from Hindustani in being a purer Aryan dia- 
lect. See Hindustani, Indian. 2. A native of 
India. 
Whatever live Hindu fell into the King's hands was 
pounded into bits under the feet of elephants. The M u 
Salmans who were Hindis (country-burn) had their lives 
spared. Amir Khosru, in Elliot s Hist. India, III. 639. 
Hindley's screw. See screw. 
hindmost (hiud'most), o. superl. [< hind 3 + 
-most: cf. hindermost; in form as if < ME. *hin- 
demest (only hinderest, q. v., is found), < AS. 
"hindemest (not found) (= Goth, hindumists), 
hindmost, a double superl., < hindema (= Goth. 
hindunm), superl., < hind-e- (see hind*) + su- 
perl. -ma. Cf. aftermost and foremost, similar- 
ly formed.] Furthest at the back or rear ; back- 
most; hindermost: a superlative of Aind 3 . 
When their guide 
Growes to be weary, and can lead no more, 
He that was hinditioxt coins and swims before. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 0. 
Even there the hindmot of their rear I slay. 
Pope, Iliad, xi. 
Hindoo, Hindooism, etc. See Hindu, etc. 
hindrance, hinderance (hin'drans, -der-ans), 
n. [</H(fer 2 , v.,+ -ancc.~\ That which hinders 
or stops progression or advance; impediment; 
obstruction. 
hindsight (hind ' sit), n. Backward sight or 
perception; knowledge or comprehension of 
what is past; afterthought: humorously op- 
posed to foresight. [Recent.] 
Then, in his opinion, the country will come to its senses. 
But how much wiser it would be to act on foresight instead 
of hindsight! The American, VII. S19. 
Hindu (hin'do or hin-do"), n. and a. [< Hind. 
Pers., etc., Hindu, an inhabitant of India, < 
Hind, India: see Indian.] I. n. 1. Properly, 
one of that native race in India descended from 
the Aryan conquerors. Their purest representatives 
belong to the two great historic castes of Brahmans and 
Rajputs. Many of the non-Aryan inhabitants of India 
have been largely Hinduized. The Hindus speak various 
dialects derived from Sanskrit, as Hindi, Hindustani, Ben- 
gali, Marathi, etc. More lousely, the name includes also 
the non-Aryan inhabitants of India, 
2. One of the natives of India professing the 
doctrines of Hinduism. 
II. a. Of or pertaining to the Hindus, their 
languages, or Hinduism. 
Also spelled Hindoo. 
Hinduism (hin'do-izm), n. [< Hindu + -ism.'] 
The religion professed by a large part of the 
inhabitants of India. It is a development of the an- 
cient Brahmanism, influenced by Buddhistic and other 
elements. Its forms are numerous and very various. Also 
spelled Hindootem. 
India, the home of a population consisting roughly of 
150 millions of men professing various shades of Hindu- 
win, and of 40 millions of Mahommedans. 
Quarterly Rev., CLXII. 189. 
Hinduize (hin'do-iz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. Hin- 
dni:ed, ppr. Hinditizing. [< Hindu + -ize.] To 
render Hindu in character or institutions. Also 
spelled Hindooize. 
Some Hinduized nations who have retained their origi- 
nal Dravidian speech. E. B. Tylor, Prim. Culture, I. 45. 
Hindustani (hin-do-stan'e), a. and n. [< Hind. 
Pers. Hindustani, lit. of or belonging to Hin- 
dustan, < Hind. Pers. Hindustan, the land of 
the Hindus, < Hindu, Hindu (< Hind, India: see 
Indian), + stdn, place.] I. a. Of or pertaining 
to the language called Hindustani : as, a Hin- 
dustani word. See II. 
II. . One of the languages of Hindustan, a 
form of Hindi which grew up in the camps 
of the Mohammedan conquerors of India, since 
the eleventh century, as a medium of communi- 
cation between them and the subject population 
of central Hindustan. It is more corrupted in form 
than Hindi, and abounds with Persian and Arabic words. 
It is the official language and means of general intercourse 
throughout nearly the whole peninsula. Also called Urdu. 
[In the etymologies of this dictionary Hindustani words 
are preceded by the abbreviation "Hind.," Hindi words 
by that name unabbreviated. As a rule Hindustani words 
not of Persian or Arabic origin are of the Hindi stock.] 
Also spelled Hiiidoostanee. 
hindward, hindwards (hind 'ward, -wiirdz), 
adv. [< hind s + -ward, -wards."] Toward the 
posterior extremity. [Rare.] 
The thorax has two furrows, which converge slightly 
hindward. Walker. 
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hindward (hind'ward), a. [< hindward, adv.] 
Posterior; in the rear. [Rare.] 
Through those brogues, still tattered and betorn, 
His hindward charms gleam an unearthly white. 
Coleridge, Sonnet on the House that Jack Built. 
bindweed (hind'wed), n. The bindweed, Con- 
volvulus areensis. 
hinet, . A Middle English form of hind 2 . Chau- 
cer. 
hineberryt, An obsolete variant of hind- 
berry. 
hingi (hing), v . A dialectal variant of hang. 
O Salvatour ! Jesse, floure so kynde, 
Of oon for everichon that list be borne, 
And for us hinge, a crowne usyng of thorne ! 
Palladiui, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 148. 
His bonnet stood ance fu' fair on his brow t . . . 
But now he lets 't wear ony way it will /////;;. 
Lady QriteU BaiUie, Were na my Heart Licht. 
hing 2 (hing). n. [< Hind, hing.] An East In- 
dian name for asafetida. 
I went from Agra to Satagam in Bengal, in the company 
of 180 boats laden with salt, opium, hinge, lead, carpets, 
and divers other commodities. 
R. Fitch (Arber's Eng. Garner, III. 194). 
hinge (hinj), w. [With reg. change of e to be- 
fore ng, and with assibilation of hard g to j 
("soft g"), as in singe; < ME. henge (= LG. 
henge = MD. hengJte, hanglte, a hinge, hook, han- 
dle), also dim. hengel, hengle (> E. dial, hingle, 
q. v., = MD. henghel, a hook, D. hent/el, an an- 
gling-rod, = G. dial, hangel, a joint, a hook, G. 
henkel, handle, ring, ear, hook); with diff. term., 
E. dial, hingin (= MD. hcnghene), a hinge, and 
MD. henghsel, D. hengsel= Dan. htengsel, a hinge, 
handle; < ME. hengen (= MD. henghen = G. 
hangen = Icel. hengja whence prob. the ME. 
form), hang ; a secondary form of hangen, hang : 
see hang. For an older name for ' hinge,' see 
/lar 1 .] 1. An artificial movable joint; adevice 
for joining two pieces in such a manner that 
one may be turned upon the other; the articu- 
hinoid 
I find that Matters are much off the Hinges 'twixt the 
King of Denmark and his Town, llom-ll, Letters, I. vL 1. 
Rising hinge, a hinge having a spiral groove winding 
about the knuckle, by the action of which the door is lifted 
a, hook-and-eye 
hinge ; d, blind c 
Hinges. 
; or gate hinge ; *. strap-hinge : c. cross-garnet 
self-shutting hinge ; f, butt-hinge or fast-joint butt. 
latiou of a door, gate, shutter, lid, etc., to its 
support, or of two equally movable parts, as of 
a fire-screen, to each other. A metallic hinge for 
a door or the like consists of the two leaves or *trapr>, the 
knttfjfle or rounded and perforated projection in alternate 
parts at their inner ends, by which they are joined, and 
the pin or pintle which passes through the knuckle and on 
which the hinge turns. 
The gate self-open'd wide, 
On golden hinges turning. Milton, P. L., v. 265. 
2. A natural movable joint ; an anatomical ar- 
ticulation turning in a single plane, as that of 
the knee or of a bivalve shell. See hinge-joint, 
and cut under bivalve. 
Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, 
And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, 
Where thrift may follow fawning. 
Bhak., Hamlet, iii. 2. 
3. Figuratively, that on which anything de- 
pends or turns ; a cardinal or controlling prin- 
ciple, rule, or point. 
We usually call reward and punishment the two hinges 
upon which all government turns. 
Swift, Gulliver's Travels, i. 6. 
My honoured Mother, she who was the heart 
And hinge of all our learnings and our loves. 
Wordsworth, Prelude, v. 
4f. One of the cardinal points, north, south, 
east, or west. 
Nor slept the winds 
Within their stony caves, but msh'd abroad 
From the four hinges of the world. 
Milton, P. E., iv. 415. 
5. In entom., the cardo or basal part of the 
maxilla. See cut under Insecta Blank hinge, 
a hinge which permits the door to swing open in either 
direction. Car-Builder's Diet. Butt-and-strap hinge, 
a hinge of which one side carries a strap and the other 
a butt. Butt-hinge. Same as butts, 4. Cross-tail 
hinge, cross-tailed hinge. Same as garnet-hinge. 
Dovetail hinge, a hinge the attaching parts of which 
spread out like a dove's tail, and are narrower at their 
point of juncture than at the outer edges. Gooseneck 
hinge, same as gooseneck. Off the hinges, in a state 
of disorder or irregularity. 
hinge (hinj), v. ; pret. and pp. hinged, ppr. 
hinging. [< hinge, n.] I. trans. 1. To furnish 
with hinges ; join by means of hinges, literally 
or figuratively. 
The soul is too nicely and keenly hinged to be wrenched 
without mischief. D. O. Mitchell, Reveries of a Bachelor. 
2. To bend the hinge or hinges of. [Poetical.] 
Be thou a flatterer now, and . . . hinge thy knee. 
Shak., T. of A., Iv. 8. 
3. Figuratively, to cause to depend : as, to hinge 
one's acceptance upon some future event. 
II. intrans. To stand, depend, or turn on or 
as if on a hinge : chiefly figurative. 
The vulgar should be particularly regarded, whose be- 
haviour in civil life is totally hinged upon their hopes and 
fears. Goldsmith, English Clergy. 
All such objections hinge on the question whether we 
really know how old the world is, and at what periods the 
various forms of life first appeared. 
Darwin, Origin of Species, p. 314. 
hinge-band (hinj'band), n. The strap of a 
hinge. 
hinge-joint (hinj'joint), n. In anat., an articu- 
lation admitting of motion in only one plane ; a 
ginglymus. The elbow-joint is a good example. 
hinge-line (hiuj'lin), . The margin of either 
valve of a bivalve mollusk which is hinged and 
bears the ligament, and also the cardinal teeth 
if there are any. 
hinge-pillar (hinj'pil"ar), n. That side of the 
frame of the door of a carriage which supports 
the hinge. It corresponds to the hinging-post 
of the door of a house. 
hinge-pin (hinj'pin), . A pin or pintle which 
fastens together the parts of a hinge. 
The distance from the face of the breech-action to the 
hinge-pin has been considerably shortened. 
W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 215. 
hingert, [Var. of hanger.] A hanging; a 
curtain. 
Ill put gowd hingert roun' your cage, 
And siller roun' your wa'. 
The Karl of Mar's Laughter (Child's Ballads, I. 171). 
hinge-tooth (hinj'toth), n. One of the cardinal 
teeth of a bivalve mollusk, entering into the 
hinge of the valves. See cut under bivalve. 
hinging-post (hin'jing-post), . The swinging- 
post of a gate or door. 
hingle (hing'gl), n. [< ME. hengle, hengel. dim. 
of henge, hinge : see hinge.] A hinge; a hook. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
hingra (hing'gra), n. [Hind, hing, asafetida: 
see hingV.] An adulterated or impure asafeti- 
da sold in the Bombay bazaars. U. S. Dispen- 
satory. 
hink (hingk), . [Prob. of LG. origin, < LG. 
lienk, a hook, a handle, = G. ge-lienk, hook, han- 
dle, belt, dim. henkel, hook, handle, etc.: see 
hinge.] A hook or twibill f or reaping. Loudon. 
hinniatet (hin'i-at), t>. i. [Improp. < L. hinnire, 
neigh: see hinny 2 .] To neigh. B. Jonson. 
hinnible (hin'i-bl), a. [< LL. hinnibilis, that 
neighs, < hinnire (> F. hennir), neigh: see hin- 
ny%.] Neighing, or capable of neighing. [Rare.] 
Men are rational, and horses hinnible. 
Mansel. 
hinny 1 (hin'i), .; pi. hinnies (-iz). [With dim. 
term. -y%, < L. hinnus, fern, hinna, a mule from 
a stallion and a she-ass, distinguished from 
ginnus, < Gr. yiwof, sometimes written ylwof, 
yivof, and later Jvvof (without rough breathing, 
but appar. due to the L. hinnus), a stunted mule, 
from a mare and an ass.] A mule got from a 
she-ass by a stallion. 
hinny 2 (hin'i), v. i. ; pret. and pp. hinnied, ppr. 
hinnying. [Appar. an alteration of whinny. 
q. y., in simulation of the different but like 
imitative word L. hinnire (pres. ind. hinnio), 
neigh; cf. Hind, hinhinana, hinna, hinsna, bray, 
neigh, whine.] To neigh ; whinny. 
hinny 3 (hiu'i), . A dialectal (Scotch) variant 
of honey. 
Nor Mountain-bee, wild bummin roves, 
For hinny 'mang the heather. 
Rev. J. Nicol, Poems, 1. 34. 
O, In nn ;t. ay ; I'se be silent or thou sail come to ill. 
Scott, Old Mortality, viii. 
hinoid (hin'oid), a. [Irreg. (with uuorig. as- 
pirate) < Gr. If (iv-), a muscle or nerve, also 
strength (orig. "f.'f = L. vis, strength: see vim 
and violent), + rMof, form.] In bot., having 
leaves the veins of which proceed entirely from 
