hide and gain

Arable land. (Coke, upon Little ton.) hide (2), *hude, *hyde (2), s . [A. S. hýd ; cogn. with Dut. hind; Icel. hudh ; Dan. & Sw. hud ; O. H. Ger. hút ; Ger. haut ; Lat.cutio; Gr. kytos , skytos .] IMG:content-1158.png:[blocks in formation] hide-scraper, s. Leather: An instrument to perform by machinery the busine of scraping the flesh-side of hides. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-1159.png:[blocks in formation] 1. The act of concealing, secreting, or covering from sight or knowledge. "There was the hiding of his power."- Bible (1583). 2. A hiding-place; concealment. hiding-place, hiding-hole, s. A place of concealment. "The habitations, cottages; the cities, hiding -places in woods."-Burke: Abridg. of Eng. Hist., bk. i., ch. xi. hid-Ing, s. [HIDE (2), v .] A thrashing, a flogging. ( Slang .) hid-lingş, adv. & a. [Eng. hide, and suff. -lings.] A. As adv.: Secretly, clandestinely. B. As adj .: Secret, clandestine. (Scotch.) hi-drot-Ic, a. & s. [Gr. hidroō =to sweat, to perspire.] A. As adj .: Sudorific; causing perspiration. B. As subst.: A sudorific (q. v.).