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owledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. Pope.

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.

See Aphis.

A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently called bisulphuret.

Fig.: To be noise about; to chafe against. The sea that chides the banks of England. Shak. To chide hither, chide from, or chide away, to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.

One who chides or quarrels. Shak.

She who chides. [Obs.]

A female scold. [Obs.]

The hide of a cow.

ntaining two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide.

The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.

Any compound of ethyl of a binary type; as, potassium ethide.

Ethylidene. [Obs.]

The hide of a horse.

One of a series of compounds, derived from hydrogen sulphide by the replacement of half its hydrogen by a base or basic radical; as, potassium hydrosulphide, KSH. The hydrosulphides are analogous to the hydrates and include the mercaptans.

A binary compound of methyl with some element; as, aluminium methide, Al2(CH3)6.

A sulphide containing one atom of sulphur, and analogous to a monoxide; -- contrasted with a Ant: polysulphide; as, galena is a monosulphide.

A compound of naphthalene or its radical with a metallic element; as, mercuric naphthide.