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<p><b>4.</b> <def>Niggardly; penurious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Quarles.</i>

<h1>Hideous</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hid"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hidous</ets>, OF. <ets>hidous</ets>, <ets>hidos</ets>, <ets>hidus</ets>, <ets>hisdos</ets>, <ets>hisdous</ets>, F. <ets>hideux</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>hide</ets>, <ets>hisde</ets>, fright; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. <ets>egid\'c6</ets> horror, or L. <ets>hispidosus</ets>, for <ets>hispidus</ets> rough, bristly, E. <ets>hispid</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; <as>as, a <ex>hideous</ex> monster; <ex>hideous</ex> looks</as>.</def> "A piteous and <i>hideous</i> spectacle."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; <as>as, a <ex>hideous</ex> noise</as>.</def> "<i>Hideous</i> cries."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Hateful; shocking.</def> "Sure, you have some <i>hideous</i> matter to deliver."

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Frightful; ghastly; grim; grisly; horrid; dreadful; terrible.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Hid"e*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Hid"e*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Hider</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hid"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who hides or conceals.</def>

<h1>Hiding</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hid"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment.</def>

<blockquote>There was the <b>hiding</b> of his power. <i>Hab. iii. 4.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hiding</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hid"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A flogging.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Charles Reade.</i>

<h1>Hie</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hied</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hien</ets>, <ets>hihen</ets>, <ets>highen</ets>, AS. <ets>higian</ets> to hasten, strive; cf. L. <ets>ciere</ets> to put in motion, call upon, rouse, Gr. <?/ to go, E. <ets>cite</ets>.]</ety> <def>To hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun.</def> <mark>[Rare, except in poetry]</mark> "My husband <i>hies</i> him home."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>The youth, returning to his mistress, <b>hies</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hie</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hie</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Haste; diligence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Hiems</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hi"ems</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Winter.</def>