Part 5310

<syn>Syn. -- Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay.</syn>

<h1>Hire</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hire</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hired</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hiring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hiren</ets>, <ets>huren</ets>, AS. <ets>h<?/rian</ets>; akin to D. <ets>huren</ets>, G. <ets>heuern</ets>, Dan. <ets>hyre</ets>, Sw. <ets>hyra</ets>. See <er>Hire</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; <as>as, to <ex>hire</ex> a farm for a year; to <ex>hire</ex> money.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; <as>as, to <ex>hire</ex> a servant, an agent, or an advocate</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with <i>out</i>, and often reflexively; <as>as, he has <ex>hired</ex> out his horse, or his time</as>.</def>

<blockquote>They . . . have <b>hired</b> out themselves for bread. <i>1 Sam. ii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hireless</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hire"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without hire.</def>

<i>Davenant.</i>

<h1>Hireling</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hire"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h<?/reling</ets>. See <er>Hire</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and <er>-ling</er>.]</ety> <def>One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary.</def> "Lewd <i>hirelings</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Hireling</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hire"ling</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.</def> "<i>Hireling</i> mourners."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Hirer</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hir"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who hires.</def>

<mhw><h1>Hires, Hirs</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hires</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hirs</hw></mhw>, <tt>pron.</tt> <def>Hers; theirs. See <er>Here</er>, <tt>pron.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Hirsute</h1> <Xpage=695>

<hw>Hir*sute"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hirsutus</ets>; prob. akin to <ets>horridus</ets> horrid. Cf. <er>Horrid</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Rough and coarse; boorish.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Cynical and <b>hirsute</b> in his behavior. <i>Life of A. Wood.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.</def>