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Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; as, a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view. The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a fair way to have enlarged. Sir W. Raleigh.

olding of land and tenements by actual force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the hindrance of the person having the right to enter.

a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like.

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.

Same as Hindrance.

Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle. The only holdback is the affection . . . that we bear to our wealth. Hammond.

Hindrance; impeachment. [Obs.]

Hindrance; impediment; obstruction. [Obs.] Willing to march on to Calais, Without impeachment. Shak.

A hindering; a hindrance. [Obs.] Baxier.

Causing hindrance; impeding. "Cumbersome, and impeditive of motion." Bp. Hall.

ng that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check. Cowper.

Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.

A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic. Keats. Consider whether your doings be to the let of your salvation or not. Latimer.

A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance. I prithee, give no limits to my tongue. Shak.

That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral. If all obstacles were cut away. And that my path were even to the crown. Shak.

That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance. A popular assembly free from obstruction. Swift.

To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass.

That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance.

Delay; obstacle; hindrance. [Obs.] Milton.

A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm. Resista…