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apua of Bermuda, and E. Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.

The raspberry. [Prov. Eng.]

The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.

Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse. He was in the hinder part of the ship. Mark iv. 38.

Same as Hindrance.

One who, or that which, hinders.

Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A worthless, base, degenerate person or animal. [Obs.] Callander.

Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2.

The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also.

The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written. Whitworth.

A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.

A lunisolar calendar of India, according to which the year is divided into twelve months, with an extra month inserted after every month in which two new moons occur (once in three years). The intercalary month has the name of the one which precedes it. The year usually commences about April 11. The months are follows:…

A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.

The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos; Brahmanism.

Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n.

The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.

Same as Hindoo.

e front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill. A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. Bp. Hall.

t equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work. In this also [dress] the country are very much behindhand. Addison.