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<p><b>3.</b> <def>To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Hitch</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hitch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hitched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hitching</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; <as>as, to <ex>hitch</ex> a horse, or a halter</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To move with hitches; <as>as, he <ex>hitched</ex> his chair nearer</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To hitch up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To fasten up.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To pull or raise with a jerk; as, a sailor <i>hitches up<i> his trousers.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To attach, as a horse, to a vehicle; as, <i>hitch up<i> the gray mare. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

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<hw>Hitch</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; <as>as, a <ex>hitch</ex> in one's progress or utterance; a <ex>hitch</ex> in the performance.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; <as>as, the sailor gave his trousers a <ex>hitch</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; <as>as, a half <ex>hitch</ex>; a clove <ex>hitch</ex>; a timber <ex>hitch</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A small dislocation of a bed or vein.</def>

<h1>Hitchel</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hitch"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Hatchel</er>.</def>

<h1>Hithe</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hithe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>h</ets><?/<?/. Cf. <er>Hide</er> to conceal.]</ety> <def>A port or small haven; -- used in composition; <as>as, <ex>Lambhithe</ex>, now <ex>Lambeth</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Pennant.</i>

<h1>Hither</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hith"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hider</ets>, AS. <ets>hider</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>h</ets><?/<?/<ets>ra</ets>, Dan. <ets>hid</ets>, Sw. <ets>hit</ets>, Goth. <ets>hidr</ets><?/; cf. L. <ets>citra</ets> on this side, or E. <ets>here</ets>, <ets>he</ets>. <?/183. Cf. <er>He</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of <i>hence</i> and <i>thither</i>; <as>as, to come or bring <ex>hither</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not physical.</def>

<blockquote><b>Hither</b> we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the highest perfection of man. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Hither and thither</col>, <cd>to and fro; backward and forward; in various directions. "Victory is like a traveller, and goeth <i>hither and thither<i>."</cd></cs>

<i>Knolles.</i>

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<hw>Hith"er</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of <i>thither</i> and <i>farther</i>; <as>as, on the <ex>hither</ex> side of a hill</as>.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>