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ahind | hind |

As a preposition ahind

is (dialect) behind.

As an adjective hind is

located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).

As a noun hind is

a female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old or hind can be (archaic) a servant, especially an agricultural labourer.

ahind

English

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • (dialect) behind
  • * {{quote-book, year=1841, author=Various, title=Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, October 9, 1841, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="You see, sir," said Mr. Smear, "that wherever that ere water has been it's left a dampness ahind it; the moistur' consekent upon such a dampness must be evaporated by ever-so-many applications of the warming-pan. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1869, author=Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, title=Men, Women, and Ghosts, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="Watch was drunk; I crawled down ahind the whiskey. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1871, author=Edward Eggleston, title=The Hoosier Schoolmaster, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="But, you see, he's been and gone and pulled back the board that you have to step on to git ahind your desk; he's been and gone and pulled back the board so as you can't help a-tippin' it up, and a-sowsin' right in ef you step there." }}

    hind

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Adjective

  • Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
  • * 1918 , Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
    • When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
    Derived terms
    * hind leg

    Etymology 2

    (Epinephelus) (etyl) (m), from (etyl), from a formation on (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.
  • *, III.1.3:
    • Nature binds all creatures to love their young ones; an hen to preserve her brood will run upon a lion, an hind will fight with a bull, a sow with a bear, a silly sheep with a fox.
  • A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus .
    • Synonyms
    * (female deer) doe

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) , in the phrase h?na fæder'' ‘paterfamilias’. The ''-d'' is a later addition (compare ''sound ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.
  • *, I.51:
  • *:Attilius Regulus .
  • * 1827 , Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale , page 41:
    • The peaceful tenour of Nina's life was interrupted one morning by the mysterious looks and whisperings of her maids and hinds .
  • * 1931 , Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth :
    • that my brother can sit at leisure in a seat and learn something and I must work like a hind , who am your son as well as he!
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