Webster's Dictionary 1828

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HILL

HILL, noun [Latin collis.]1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence. A hill is less than a mountain, ...

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HILLED

HILL'ED, participle passive or adjective Having hills.

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HILLING

HILL'ING, noun A covering.1. The act of raising the earth around plants.

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HILLOCK

HILL'OCK, noun A small hill.

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HILLSIDE

HILL'SIDE, noun The side or declivity of a hill.

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HILLY

HILL'Y, adjective Abounding with hills; as a hilly country.

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HILT

HILT, noun The handle of any thing; but chiefly applied to the handle of a sword.

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HILTED

HILT'ED, adjective Having a hilt.

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HILUM

HI'LUM, noun The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar of the umbilical chord, by which the seed adheres to the pericarp.

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HIM

HIM, pronoun The objective case of he, Latin eum, anciently em or im.HIM that is weak in the faith receive. Romans 14:1.HIM and his were formerly used for nouns of the neuter ge...

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HIMSELF

HIMSELF', pronoun In the nominative or objective case. [him and self.]1. He; but himself is more emphatical, or more expressive of distinct personality than he.With shame rememb...

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HIN

HIN, noun [Heb.] A Hebrew measure of capacity containing the sixth part of an ephah, or about five quarts English measure.

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HIND

HIND, noun The female of the red deer or stag.HIND, noun A domestic; a servant.1. A peasant; a rustic; or a husbandman's servant.HIND, adjective Backward; pertaining to the part...

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HINDBERRY

HINDBERRY, noun A species of Rubus.

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HINDER

HINDER, adjectivecomparative of hind. That is in a position contrary to that of the head or fore part; designating the part which follows; as the hinder part of a wagon; the hin...

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HINDERANCE

HIN'DERANCE, noun The act of impeding or restraining motion.1. Impediment; that which stops progression or advance; obstruction.He must remove all these hinderances out of the way.

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HINDERED

HIN'DERED, participle passive Stopped; impeded; obstructed; retarded.

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HINDERER

HIN'DERER, noun One who stops or retards; that which hinders.

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HINDERING

HIN'DERING, participle present tense Stopping; impeding; obstructing; retarding.

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HINDERMOST

HINDERMOST, adjective That which is behind all others; the last. [but we now use hindmost.]

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HINDMOST

HINDMOST, adjective The last; that is in the rear of all others.He met thee in the way, and smote the hindmost of thee. Deuteronomy 25:18.

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HINDOO

HIN'DOO, noun An aboriginal of Hindoostan, or Hindostan.

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HINGE

HINGE, noun hinj. [This word appears to be connected with hang, and with angle, the verb.]1. The hook or joint on which a door or gate turns.The gate self-opened wideOn golden h...

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HINGING

HING'ING, participle present tense Depending; turning.

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HINT

HINT, verb transitive To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to allude to; to suggest by a slight intimation.Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.HINT, verb...

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HIP

HIP, noun The projecting part of an animal formed by the osilium or haunch bone; the haunch, or the flesh that covers the bone and the adjacent parts; the joint of the thigh.To ...

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HIPHALT

HIP'HALT, adjective [hip and halt.] Lame; limping.