Hind
Hind (hīnd) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon hind; akin to Dutch hinde, Old High German hinta, German hinde, hindin, Icelandic, Swedish, & Danish hind, and perh. to Gothic hinþan to seize (in comp.), English hunt, or compare Greek kema`s a young deer.]
1.
(Zoology) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
2.
(Zoology) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as Epinephelus apua of Bermuda, and Epinephelus Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.
Hind , noun
[Old English hine, Anglo-Saxon hīne, hīna, orig. gen. plural of hīwan domestics; akin to Icelandic hjū man and wife, domestics, family, Gothic heiwafrauja master of the house, German heirath marriage; compare Latin civis citizen, English city or English home. Compare Hide a measure of land.]
1.
A domestic; a servant. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
2.
A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant. [English]
The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer
Tells how man's daily work goes forward here.
Hind , adjective
[Old English hind, adv., back, Anglo-Saxon hindan behind. See Hinder, a.]
In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.