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to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion. Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike. Pope.

the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the hinterland, sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying inland of the coast.

In a hinting manner.

Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed. Swift.

A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Mohammedan countries.

One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes. [Written also Sintu, and Sintuism.]

An adherent of Shintoism.

A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game. Jamieson.

sed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.

mass words or phrases. The life Homer has been written by amassing all the traditions and hints the writers could meet with. Pope.

table; empty. Brilliant but barren reveries. Prescott. Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter. Swift.

Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.

h guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery. The clew, without which it was perilous to enter the vast and intricate maze of countinental politics, was in his hands. Macaulay.

A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.

A hint or intimation. Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house. Swift.

of liking or fondness. God's grace . . . gives him continual dislike to sin. Hammond. The hint malevolent, the look oblique, The obvious satire, or implied dislike. Hannah More. We have spoken of the dislike of these excellent women for Sheridan and Fox. J. Morley. His dislike of a particular kind of sensational storie…

cate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc.

xceeds yours. Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days. Shak. Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. Pope.

Aphaniptera, and Dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix. A flea in the ear, an unwelcome hint or unexpected reply, annoying like a flea; an irritating repulse; as, to put a flea in one's ear; to go away with a flea in one's ear. -- Beach flea, Black flea, etc. See under Beach, etc.

To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; - - often with at. Wherein obscurely Cæsar''s ambition shall be glanced at. Shak. He glanced at a certain reverend doctor. Swift.