HIDEBOUND
\hˈa͡ɪdba͡ʊnd], \hˈaɪdbaʊnd], \h_ˈaɪ_d_b_aʊ_n_d]\
Definitions of HIDEBOUND
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.
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Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; - said of an animal.
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Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; - said of trees.
By Oddity Software
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Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.
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Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; - said of an animal.
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Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; - said of trees.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Having the hide closely bound to the body, as in animals: in trees, having the bark so close that it impedes the growth.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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A horse is said to be hidebound when his skin sticks so hard to his ribs and back, that you cannot with your hand pull up or loosen the one from the other; in trees, being in the state in which the bark will not give way to the growth; harsh, untractable.
By Thomas Sheridan
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