{ Him*yar"ic (?), Him`ya*rit"ic (?), } a. Pertaining to Himyar, an
ancient king of Yemen, in Arabia, or to his successors or people; as,
the Himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain
ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of
the Arabic, still spoken in Southern Arabia. Brande & C.
Hin (?), n. [Heb. hn.] A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three
quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure. W. H. Ward.
Hind (?), n. [AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde, hindin,
Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.),
E. hunt, or cf. Gr. &?; a young deer.] 1. (Zoˆl.) The female of the red
deer, of which the male is the stag.
2. (Zoˆl.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as E. apua of
Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John
Paw, spotted hind.
Hind, n. [OE. hine, AS. hne, hna, orig. gen. pl. of hwan domestics;
akin to Icel. hj 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.