Definition of hide

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Hide (n.) The human skin; -- so called in contempt.

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Emboss :: Emboss (v. i.) To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods.
Sub :: Sub- () A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate..
Oxhide :: Oxhide (n.) A measure of land. See 3d Hide.
Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.
Oxysulphuret :: Oxysulphuret (n.) An oxysulphide.
Gashful :: Gashful (a.) Full of gashes; hideous; frightful.
Blende :: Blende (n.) A general term for some minerals, chiefly metallic sulphides which have a somewhat brilliant but nonmetallic luster..
Cloak :: Cloak (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal..
Dicker :: Dicker (n.) The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves..
Ferretto :: Ferretto (n.) Copper sulphide, used to color glass..
Perula :: Perula (n.) A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchides.
Vermilion :: Vermilion (n.) A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc..
Cowhide :: Cowhide (n.) The hide of a cow.
Couch :: Couch (v. i.) To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.
Zarnich :: Zarnich (n.) Native sulphide of arsenic, including sandarach, or realgar, and orpiment..
Linnaeite :: Linnaeite (n.) A mineral of pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and also massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or copper..
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil..
Last :: Last (n.) A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers;
Danegelt :: Danegelt (n.) An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm..
Chide :: Chide (v. i.) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
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