Hide

·noun An abode or dwelling.

II. Hide ·noun The human skin;

— so called in contempt.

III. Hide ·vt To remove from danger; to Shelter.

IV. Hide ·vt To Flog; to Whip.

V. Hide ·vt To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.

VI. Hide ·vi To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.

VII. Hide ·vt To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to Secrete.

VIII. Hide ·noun The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed;

— generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, ·etc.

IX. Hide ·noun A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres.