hindrance, hinderance, hinder a unce

[Eng. hinder; -ance.] 1. The act of hindering, impeding, or obstructing. 2. That which hinders, impedes, or obstructs; an impediment; an obstacle; an obstruction. "What various hindrances we meet." Cowper: Olney Hymns, xxix. Hìn-dû, Hìn-doô, s . & a. [Hind. Hinduwi , Hindi , from Hind =India.] A. As substantive : 1. Gen.: A native of India, not of Parsee, Mu ulman, or Christian descent. "When the moon is in the hinge at east." Creech: Manilius. * To be off the hinges: To be in a state of confusion, disturbance, or disorder. "At other times they are quite off the hinges, yielding themselves up to the way of their lusts and pa ions." Sharpe: Sermons, vol. iii., ser. 14.