Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: hindered – hist
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hindered, verbal adj. [see hinder, v.] (webplay: slow).
Lagging; leisurely.
hindrance, n. [see hinder, v.]
Wait; deferment; probation; postponement.
hinge, n. [Du. henghe, hinge, handle of a pot, hook.] (webplay: door, east).
- Pivot; movable joint; mechanism which allows something to be opened or closed.
- [Fig.] axis; cardinal point (north, south, east, west).
hint (-s), n. [OE hentan, lay hold of, seize, grasp.]
Suggestion; insinuation; slight mention; word which reminds.
hint (-ed, -s), v. [see hint, n.]
Allude; suggest; remind by a slight mention; refer to by remote allusion.
hip, n. [OE hype < Germanic.]
Haunch; skin that covers the joint and flesh of the thigh.
hire, v. [OE hýrian.]
Contract with for compensation; give a reward to for a service.
his, pron. [OE hys, possessive form of he and it.] (webplay: awe, belongs, book, fear, ground, him, John, son's). Masculine possessive pronoun, third person, singular.
- Male animal.
- Insect.
- Bird.
- Unnamed male antecedent.
- Death; tomb or grave.
- Heavenly body; moon, sun, and stars.
- God; deity.
- Jesus Christ.
- Component of nature such as the weather elements.
- Time.
- Last male referred to in the text.
- Abstract idea.
hiss (-ed, -ing), v. [unknown origin, prob. onomatopoeic.]
Make the sound of a serpent; [fig.] speak with scorn or contempt in expression.
hist, interj. [L. st, exclamation enjoining silence.]
Hush; word commanding silence.