Part 850

And on the hither side, or so she looked, Of twenty summers.

Tennyson.

To the present generation, that is to say, the people a few years on the hither and thither side of thirty, the name of Charles Darwin stands alongside of those of Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday.

Huxley.

Hith"er*most` (?), a. Nearest on this side. Sir M. Hale.

Hith"er*to` (?), adv. 1. To this place; to a prescribed limit.

Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further.

Job xxxviii. 11.

2. Up to this time; as yet; until now.

The Lord hath blessed me hitherto.

Josh. xvii. 14.

Hith"er*ward (?), adv. [AS. hiderweard.] Toward this place; hither.

Marching hitherward in proud array.

Shak.

Hit"ter (?), n. One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.

Hive (?), n. [OE. hive, huve, AS. h&?;fe.] 1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees. Dryden.

2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. Shak.

3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.

The hive of Roman liars.

Tennyson.

Hive bee (Zoˆl.), the honeybee.

Hive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hiving.] 1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.

2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.

Hiving wisdom with each studious year.

Byron.

Hive, v. i. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. Pope.

Hive"less, a. Destitute of a hive. Gascoigne.

Hiv"er (?), n. One who collects bees into a hive.