hinder end

1. The back part, the rear, the extremity, the but tocks. 2. ( Pl . ) Refuse of grain after winnowing; chaff. 2184 hin'-der, *hin-dren, *hyn-dren, v. t. & i. [A. S. hindrian, from hinder behind; Icel. hindra] [HIND, a.] A. Transitive : 1. To obstruct, to stop, to impede, to let; to prevent from proceeding or moving. 2. To check, to retard; to keep back or stop for a time; as, Frost hinders the growth of plants. hint Hin-du-sta-nî, Hin-doo-sta-nee, a . & s . [Pers., ., from Pers. Hind us than = the country of the Hindus, from Hindu =the people so named, and sthan place.] A. As adjective : 3. To debar, to shut out, to forbid. "What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of fam- Dakshan) (South). Now it means India generally. ilies, from having the same right?"-Locke. 4. To keep back. "From your affairs I hinder you too long." Shakesp.: Henry VIII ., v. 1. 5. To obstruct. "Hindering with his shade my lovely light." Spenser: Shepherd's Calendar; Feb. It is now followed by from , but to was formerly also used. (Dryden: Annus Mirabilis , cxxxiii.) B. In trans.: To cause a hindrance; to interpose obstacles or impediments. "You minimus of hindering knot-gra made." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream , iii. 2. hin'-der-ançe, s . [HINDRANCE.] hin-der-er, *hyn-der-our, s. [Eng. hinder , v.; -er.] One who or that which hinders, impedes, or obstructs; an impediment; a hindrance. "Such as I esteem to be the hinderers of reformation." Milton : Reformation in England , bk. i. *hind-er-est, a. [Eng. hinder , a.; superl. suff. est .) The hindmost; the last. "And ever he rode the hinder est of the route." Chaucer: C. T. , 624. hin-der-lăns, hin'-der-ling, s . pl . [HINDER, a . ] The hinder parts; the buttocks; the posteriors. (Scott: Rob Roy , ch. xxiii.) hind-er-ling, s. [HILDING.] A mean, base, cowardly, or degenerate person or animal.