What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from
having the same right?
Locke.
Syn. -- To check; retard; impede; delay; block; clog; prevent; stop;
interrupt; counteract; thwart; oppose; obstruct; debar; embarrass.
Hin"der, v. i. To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a
hindrance.
This objection hinders not but that the heroic action of some
commander . . . may be written.
Dryden.
Hin"der*ance (?). n. Same as Hindrance.
Hin"der*er (?), n. One who, or that which, hinders.
Hind"er*est (?), a. Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hind"er*ling (?), n. [AS. hinderling one who comes behind his
ancestors, fr. AS. hinder behind. See Hinder, a., and cf. Hilding.] A
worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [Obs.] Callander.
{ Hind"er*most`, Hind"most` } (?), a. [The superlative of hind. See
Hind, a.] [Cf. AS. hindema (akin to Goth. hindumists), a superlative
from the same source as the comparative hinder. See Hinder, a., and cf.
Aftermost.] Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph
hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2.
Hind"gut` (?), n. [Hind, a. + gut.] (Anat.) The posterior part of the
alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large
intestine also.
Hin"di (?), n. [Prop. a Per. adj. meaning, Indian, Hindoo.] The name
given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is
chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character,
in which Sanskrit is written. Whitworth.
Hind"ley"s screw` (?). (Mech.) A screw cut on a solid whose sides are
arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is
intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.
{ Hin"doo, Hin"du } (?; 277), n.; pl. Hindoos (#) or Hindus. [Per.
Hind, fr. Hind, Hindstn, India. Cf. Indian.] A native inhabitant of
Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and
Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the
Veda.
{ Hin"doo*ism, Hin"du*ism } (?), n. The religious doctrines and rites
of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.
{ Hin"doo*sta"nee, Hin"du*sta"ni } (?), a. [Hind. Hindstn an Indian,
fr. Hind. and Per. Hindstn India.] Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or
their language. -- n. The language of Hindostan; the name given by
Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of
India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.
Hin"drance (?), n. [See Hinder, v. t.] 1. The act of hindering, or the
state of being hindered.