Hide, n. [AS. hīd, earlier hīged; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS. hīwan, hīgan, members of a household, and E. hind a peasant.] (O. Eng. Law.) (a) An abode or dwelling. (b) A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres. [Written also hyde.]
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.