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).

  1. Pivot; movable joint; mechanism which allows something to be opened or closed.
  2. [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.

  1. Male animal.
  2. Insect.
  3. Bird.
  4. Unnamed male antecedent.
  5. Death; tomb or grave.
  6. Heavenly body; moon, sun, and stars.
  7. God; deity.
  8. Jesus Christ.
  9. Component of nature such as the weather elements.
  10. Time.
  11. Last male referred to in the text.
  12. 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.