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<hw>Hide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Hid</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Hidden</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <er>Hid</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hiding</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hiden</ets>, <ets>huden</ets>, AS. <ets>h<?/dan</ets>; akin to Gr. <?/, and prob. to E. <ets>house</ets>, <ets>hut</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>hide</ets> of an animal, and to <ets>hoard</ets>. Cf. <er>Hoard</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.</def>

<blockquote>A city that is set on an hill can not be <b>hid</b>. <i>Matt. v. 15.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is <b>hid</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.</def>

<blockquote>Heaven from all creatures <b>hides</b> the book of fate. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To remove from danger; to shelter.</def>

<blockquote>In the time of trouble he shall <b>hide</b> me in his pavilion. <i>Ps. xxvi. 5.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To hide one's self</col>, <cd>to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. "A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and <i>hideth himself<i>." <i>Prov. xxii. 3</i>.</cd> -- <col>To hide the face</col>, <cd>to withdraw favor. "Thou didst <i>hide thy face<i>, and I was troubled." <i>Ps. xxx. 7</i>.</cd> -- <col>To hide the face from</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To overlook; to pardon. "<i>Hide thy face from<i> my sins." <i>Ps. li. 9</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See <er>Conceal</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Hide</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.</def>

<blockquote>Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you <b>hide</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Hide and seek</col>, <cd>a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them.</cd></cs>

<i>Swift.</i>

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<hw>Hide</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h\'c6d</ets>, earlier <ets>h\'c6ged</ets>; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS. <ets>h\'c6wan</ets>, <ets>h\'c6gan</ets>, members of a household, and E. <ets>hind a peasant</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An abode or dwelling.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>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.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hyde</asp>.]</altsp>

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<hw>Hide</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE.<ets>hide</ets>, <ets>hude</ets>, AS. <ets>h<?/d</ets>; akin to D. <ets>huid</ets>, OHG, <ets>h<?/t</ets>, G. <ets>haut</ets>, Icel. <ets>h<?/<?/</ets>, Dan. & Sw. <ets>hud</ets>, L. <ets>cutis</ets>, Gr. <?/; and cf. Gr. <?/ skin, hide, L. <ets>scutum</ets> shield, and E. <ets>sky</ets>. <ets><?/<?/<?/</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The human skin; -- so called in contempt.</def>

<blockquote>O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's <b>hide</b>! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Hide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hided</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hiding</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To flog; to whip.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Hidebound</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hide"bound`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Hort.)</fld> <def>Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.</def>

<i>Milton. Carlyle.</i>