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<blockquote>With shame remembers, while <b>himself</b> was one Of the same herd, <b>himself</b> the same had done. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Himself</i> was formerly used instead of <i>itself</i>. See Note under <er>Him</er>.</note>

<blockquote>It comprehendeth in <b>himself</b> all good. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); <as>as, the man has come to <ex>himself</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>By himself</col>, <cd>alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies <i>by himself<i>.</cd> -- <col>To leave one to himself</col>, <cd>to withdraw from him; to let him take his own course.</cd></cs>

<mhw><h1>Himself, Himselve </</mhw>, Himselven</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Him*self"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Him*selve"</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <hw>Him*selv"en</hw> (<?/), <tt>pron. pl.</tt> <def>Themselves. See <er>Hemself</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Himselve</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Him*selve"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>pron.</tt> <def>See 1st <er>Himself</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Himyaric, Himyaritic</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw><hw>Him*yar"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Him`ya*rit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to Himyar, an ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; <as>as, the <ex>Himjaritic</ex> characters, language, etc</as>.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Hin</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>h\'c6n</ets>.]</ety> <def>A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure.</def>

<i>W. H. Ward.</i>

<h1>Hind</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hind</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hind</ets>; akin to D. <ets>hinde</ets>, OHG. <ets>hinta</ets>, G. <ets>hinde</ets>, <ets>hindin</ets>, Icel., Sw., & Dan. <ets>hind</ets>, and perh. to Goth. <ets>hinpan</ets> to seize (in comp.), E. <ets>hunt</ets>, or cf. Gr. <?/ a young deer.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A spotted food fish of the genus <spn>Epinephelus</spn>, as <spn>E. apua</spn> of Bermuda, and <spn>E. Drummond-hayi</spn> of Florida; -- called also <altname>coney</altname>, <altname>John Paw</altname>, <altname>spotted hind</altname>.</def>

<h1>Hind</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hind</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hine</ets>, AS. <ets>h\'c6ne</ets>, <ets>h\'c6na</ets>, orig. gen. pl. of <ets>h\'c6wan</ets> domestics; akin to Icel. <ets>hj&umac;</ets> man and wife, domestics, family, Goth. <ets>heiwa</ets>frauja master of the house, G. <ets>hei</ets>rath marriage; cf. L. <ets>civis</ets> citizen, E. <ets>city</ets> or E. <ets>home</ets>. Cf. <er>Hide</er> a measure of land.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A domestic; a servant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>hind</b>, that homeward driving the slow steer Tells how man's daily work goes forward here. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hind</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hind</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Hinder</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Hindmost</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, or <er>Hindermost</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hind</ets>, adv., back, AS. <ets>hindan</ets> behind. See <er>Hinder</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>In the rear; -- opposed to <i>front</i>; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; <as>as, the <ex>hind</ex> legs or <ex>hind</ex> feet of a quadruped; the <ex>hind</ex> man in a procession.</as></def>

<h1>Hindberry</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hind"ber*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hindberie</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>hintberi</ets>, G. <ets>himbeere</ets>. So called because hinds or stags are fond of them. See 1st <er>Hind</er>, and <er>Berry</er>.]</ety> <def>The raspberry.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

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