Hide (?), v. t. [imp. Hid (?); p. p. Hidden (?), Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding (?).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. hdan; akin to Gr. , and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard.]
1.
To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
A city that is set on an hill can not be hid.
Matt. v. 15.
If circumstances lead me, I will find
Where truth is hid.
Shak.
2.
To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate.
Pope.
3.
To remove from danger; to shelter.
In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion.
Ps. xxvi. 5.
To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. "A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself." Prov. xxii. 3. -- To hide the face, to withdraw favor. "Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled." Ps. xxx. 7. -- To hide the face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. "Hide thy face from my sins." Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.
Syn. -- To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.
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Hide, v. i.
To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.
Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide.
Pope.
Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them.
Swift.
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Hide, n. [AS. hid, earlier higed; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS. hiwan, higan, members of a household, and E. hind a peasant.] O. Eng.Law. (a)
An abode or dwelling.
(b)
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.
[Written also
hyde.]
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Hide, n. [OE.hide, hude, AS. hd; akin to D. huid, OHG, ht, G. haut, Icel. h, Dan. & Sw. hud, L. cutis, Gr. ; and cf. Gr. skin, hide, L. scutum shield, and E. sky. .]
1.
The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
2.
The human skin; -- so called in contempt.
O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide!
Shak.
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Hide (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hided; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding.]
To flog; to whip.
[Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S.]
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