Webster's Dictionary 1913

2296

Hinge

Hinge (?), n. [OE. henge, heeng; akin to D. heng, LG. henge, Prov. E. hingle a small hinge; connected with hang, v., and Icel. hengja to hang. See Hang.]1. The hook with its eye...

2297

Hinge (2)

Hinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hinged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hinging (?).] 1. To attach by, or furnish with, hinges.2. To bend. Shak.

2298

Hinge (3)

Hinge (?), v. i. To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; — usually with on or upon; as, the argumen...

2299

Hinged

Hinged (?), a. Furnished with hinges.

2300

Hingeless

Hinge″less (?), a. Without a hinge or joint.

2301

Hink

Hink (?), n. A reaping hook. Knight.

2302

Hinniate

{ Hin″ni‐ate (?), Hin″ny (?) } v. i. [L. hinnire.] To neigh; to whinny.

2303

Hinny (2)

Hin″ny, n.; pl.Hinnies (#). [L. hinnus, cf. Gr. �.] A hybrid between a stallion and an ass.

2304

Hinny (3)

Hin″ny, n. A term of endearment; darling; — corrupted from honey. Wright.

2305

Hint

Hint (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hinted; p. pr. & vb. n.Hinting.] [OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS. hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr a mutteri...

2306

Hint (2)

Hint, v. i. To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.We whisper, and hint, and chuckle. Tennyson.To hint at, to allude to lightly, ...

2307

Hint (3)

Hint, n. A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.Our hint of...

2308

Hinterland

Hin″ter‐land′ (?), n. [G.; hinter behind + land land.] The land or region lying behind the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the ...

2309

Hintingly

Hint″ing‐ly (?), adv. In a hinting manner.

2310

Hip

Hip (?), n. [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG. huf, G. hüfte, Dan. hofte, Sw. höft, Goth. hups; cf. Icel. huppr, and also Gr. � the hollow above the hips of cattl...

2311

Hip (2)

Hip, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hipping.] 1. To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to pro...

2312

Hip (3)

Hip (?), n. [OE. hepe, AS. heópe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble bush.] (Bot.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina). [Written also hop, hep.]Hip t...

2313

Hip (4)

Hip, interj. Used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!

2314

Hip (5)

Hip, orHipps (�), n. See Hyp, n.

2315

Hip lock

Hip lock. (Wrestling) A lock in which a close grip is obtained and a fall attempted by a heave over the hip.

2316

Hip tree

Hip″ tree′ (?). (Bot.) The dog-rose.

2317

Hip-roofed

Hip″–roofed′ (?), a. Having a hip roof.

2318

Hipe

{Hipe (?), n. Also Hype }. (Wrestling) A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with th...

2319

Hipe (2)

Hipe, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Hiped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hiping (?).] (Wrestling) To throw by means of a hipe. — Hip″er (#), n.

2320

Hiphalt

Hip″halt′ (?), a. Lame in the hip. Gower.

2321

Hippa

{ Hip″pa (?), Hip″pe (?), } n.(Zoöl.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; — called also bait bug. See Illust....

2322

Hipparion

‖Hip‐pa″ri‐on (?), n.(Paleon.) An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main centra...