Hind | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Hind, n.

noun

n. [A-S. hind, hinde, Icel., Sw., & Dan., hind, D. hinde, M. H. Ger. hinde, hinte, O. H. Ger. hinda, hintâ, N. H. Ger. hinde, hindin.] The female of the red deer or stag.

Hind, n.

noun

[O. Eng. & Scot. hyne, hine, A-S. hine, hina, with d suffixed; A-S. hina-man, a farmer.] 1. A domestic; a servant. [Obs.] Shak. 2. A peasant; a rustic; a countryman; a swain; a boor; or a husbandman's servant. [Eng.] This hind, that homeward driving the slow steer, / Tells how man's daily work goes forward here. Trench.

Hind, a.

adjective

[compar. HINDER; superl. HINDMOST, or HINDERMOST.] [A-S. hind, hindan, after, back, from hina, heona, hin, thither, hence; M. H. Ger. hinden, N. H. Ger. hinten, O. H. Ger. hintana, Goth. hindana, adv.; D. & M. H. Ger. hinder, N. H. Ger. hinter, O. H. Ger. hintaro, a.] Placed in the rear, and not in front; pertaining to the part which follows, in opposition to the fore part; as, the hind legs of a quadruped; the hind toes; the hind shoes of a horse; the hind part of an animal.