Part 5320

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than.</def>

<blockquote>And on the <b>hither</b> side, or so she looked, Of twenty summers. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To the present generation, that is to say, the people a few years on the <b>hither</b> and thither side of thirty, the name of Charles Darwin stands alongside of those of Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday. <i>Huxley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hithermost</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hith"er*most`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Nearest on this side.</def>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Hitherto</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hith"er*to`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To this place; to a prescribed limit.</def>

<blockquote><b>Hitherto</b> shalt thou come, but no further. <i>Job xxxviii. 11.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Up to this time; as yet; until now.</def>

<blockquote>The Lord hath blessed me <b>hitherto</b>. <i>Josh. xvii. 14.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hitherward</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hith"er*ward</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hiderweard</ets>.]</ety> <def>Toward this place; hither.</def>

<blockquote>Marching <b>hitherward</b> in proud array. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hitter</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hit"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who hits or strikes; <as>as, a hard <ex>hitter</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Hive</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hive</ets>, <ets>huve</ets>, AS. <ets>h<?/fe</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>hive</b> of Roman liars. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Hive bee</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the honeybee.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hive</h1> <Xpage=696>

<hw>Hive</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hived</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hiving</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; <as>as, to <ex>hive</ex> a swarm of bees</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.</def>

<blockquote><b>Hiving</b> wisdom with each studious year. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>