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   Hind (hīnd), n. [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde, hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinþan to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. κεμάς a young deer.]
   1. (Zool.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
   
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   2. (Zool.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as Epinephelus apua of Bermuda, and Epinephelus Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.
   
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   Hind, n. [OE. hine, AS. hīne, hīna, orig. gen. pl. of hīwan domestics; akin to Icel. hjū man and wife, domestics, family, Goth. heiwafrauja master of the house, G. heirath marriage; cf. L. civis citizen, E. city or E. home.  Cf. Hide a measure of land.]
   1. A domestic; a servant. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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   2. A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [Eng.]
   
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   The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer
   
   Tells how man's daily work goes forward here. Trench.
   
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   Hind, a. [Compar. Hinder (?); superl. Hindmost (?), or Hindermost ().] [OE. hind, adv., back, AS. hindan behind. See Hinder, a.] In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, “the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.”
   
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