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imp. & p. p. of Hide. See Hidden.

A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land. [Written also hydage.]

A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.

from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious. Hidden fifths or octaves (Mus.), consecutive fifths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave.

An emerald-green variety of spodumene found in North Carolina; lithia emerald, -- used as a gem.

In a hidden manner.

draw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete. A city that is set on an hill can not be hid. Matt. v. 15. If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid. Shak.

Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.

Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks. "A piteous and hideous spectacle." Macaulay.

One who hides or conceals.

The act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment. There was the hiding of his power. Hab. iii. 4.

Excretion of sweat; perspiration.

Causing perspiration; diaphoretic or sudorific.

s formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound. [R.] Berzelius.

A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.

Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.

One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian.

See Aphis.

Of or pertaining to the family Aphidæ. -- n.

Devouring aphides; aphidophagous.