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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.

To tie up so as to hinder from. [Obs.]

To hinder; to withhold. Whether he abstain men from marrying. Milton.

fit. [Obs.] The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. Evelyn.

Hinder; nearer the rear. (Naut.)

Destructive to, or hindering the growth of, diphtheria bacilli. -- n.

To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses. Nor could her virtues the relentless hand Of Death arrest. Philips.

In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.

Law), such an intentional preparatory act as will apparently result, if not extrinsically hindered, in a crime which it was designed to effect. Wharton.

In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster.

The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.

To keep back; to hinder. [Obs.]

Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier. Must I new bars to my own joy create Dryden.

An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack. "Constitutional barriers." Hopkinson.

To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf. Donne.