Part 5303

<h1>Hindgut</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hind"gut`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hind</ets>, a. + <ets>gut</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also.</def>

<h1>Hindi</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hin"di</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prop. a Per. adj. meaning, Indian, Hindoo.]</ety> <def>The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written.</def>

<i>Whitworth.</i>

<h1>Hindleys screw</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hind"ley"s screw`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.</def>

<h1>Hindoo, Hindu</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw><hw>Hin"doo</hw>, <hw>Hin"du</hw><hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hindoos</plw> <tt>(#)</tt> &or; <plw>Hindus</plw></plu>. <ety>[Per. <ets>Hind\'d4</ets>, fr. <ets>Hind</ets>, <ets>Hind\'d4st\'ben</ets>, India. Cf. <er>Indian</er>.]</ety> <def>A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.</def>

<h1>Hindooism, Hinduism</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw><hw>Hin"doo*ism</hw>, <hw>Hin"du*ism</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.</def>

<h1>Hindoostanee, Hindustani</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw><hw>Hin"doo*sta"nee</hw>, <hw>Hin"du*sta"ni</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>Hind\'d4st\'ben\'c6</ets> an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. <ets>Hind\'d4st\'ben</ets> India.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The language of Hindostan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.</def></def2>

<h1>Hindrance</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hin"drance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hinder</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which hinders; an impediment.</def>

<blockquote>What various <b>hindrances</b> we meet. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Something between a <b>hindrance</b> and a help. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Impediment; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; interruption; check; delay; restraint.</syn>

<h1>Hindu</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hin"du</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hindoo</er>.</def>

<h1>Hine</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hind</er> a servant.]</ety> <def>A servant; a farm laborer; a peasant; a hind.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Bailiff, herd, nor other <b>hine</b>.

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Hinge</h1> <Xpage=694>

<hw>Hinge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>henge</ets>, <ets>heeng</ets>; akin to D. <ets>heng</ets>, LG. <ets>henge</ets>, Prov. E. <ets>hingle</ets> a small hinge; connected with <ets>hang</ets>, v., and Icel. <ets>hengja</ets> to hang. See <er>Hang</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.</def>