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<h1>Hindbrain</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hind"brain`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hind</ets>, adj. + <ets>brain</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the <i>epencephalon</i> only.</def>

<h1>Hinder</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hind"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hindere</ets>, AS. hinder, adv., behind; akin to OHG. <ets>hintar</ets>, prep., behind, G. <ets>hinter</ets>, Goth. <ets>hindar</ets>; orig. a comparative, and akin to AS. <ets>hine</ets> hence. See <er>Hence</er>, <er>He</er>, and cf. <er>Hind</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, <er>Hindmost</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; <as>as, the <ex>hinder</ex> part of a wagon; the <ex>hinder</ex> parts of a horse.</as></def>

<blockquote>He was in the <b>hinder</b> part of the ship. <i>Mark iv. 38.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hinder</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hin"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hindered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hindering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hindren</ets>, <ets>hinderen</ets>, AS. <ets>hindrian</ets>, fr. <ets>hinder</ets> behind; akin to D. <ets>hinderen</ets>, G. <ets>hindern</ets>, OHG. <ets>hintar<?/n</ets>, Icel. & Sw. <ets>hindra</ets>, Dan. <ets>hindre</ets>. See <er>Hinder</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by <i>from</i>; <as>as, an accident <ex>hindered</ex> the coach; drought <ex>hinders</ex> the growth of plants; to <ex>hinder</ex> me from going.</as></def>

<blockquote>Them that were entering in ye <b>hindered</b>. <i>Luke xi. 52.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I <b>hinder</b> you too long. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.</def>

<blockquote>What <b>hinders</b> younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right? <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent; stop; interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct; debar; embarrass.</syn>

<h1>Hinder</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hin"der</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.</def>

<blockquote>This objection <b>hinders</b> not but that the heroic action of some commander . . . may be written. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hinderance</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hin"der*ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hindrance</er>.</def>

<h1>Hinderer</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hin"der*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, hinders.</def>

<h1>Hinderest</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hind"er*est</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hindermost; -- <tt>superl.</tt> of <er>Hind</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Hinderling</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hind"er*ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hinderling</ets> one who comes behind his ancestors, fr. AS. <ets>hinder</ets> behind. See <er>Hinder</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Hilding</er>.]</ety> <def>A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Callander.</i>

<h1>Hindermost, Hindmost</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw><hw>Hind"er*most`</hw>, <hw>Hind"most`</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[The superlative of <ets>hind</ets>. See <er>Hind</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>hindema</ets> (akin to Goth. <ets>hindumists</ets>), a superlative from the same source as the comparative <ets>hinder</ets>. See <er>Hinder</er>, a., and cf. <er>Aftermost</er>.]</ety> <def>Furthest in or toward the rear; last.</def> "Rachel and Joseph <i>hindermost</i>."

<i>Gen. xxxiii. 2.</i>