hilding
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hilding
1575–85; perhaps to be identified with Middle English heldinge, hilding bending, swerving aside, Old English hylding, equivalent to hyld ( an ) to bend, incline + -ing -ing 1
Example Sentences
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For shame, thou hilding of a devilish spirit, Why dost thou wrong her that did ne'er wrong thee?
From The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare, William
This idle toy, this hilding, scorns my power, And sets us all at nought.
From Jane Shore A Tragedy by Rowe, Nicholas
Giles Gosling, the cowardly hilding, refused me one on any terms whatever, lest, forsooth, he should suffer.
From Kenilworth by Scott, Walter, Sir
Why should two men fight for a hilding who had equally jilted and cheated the pair?
From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew
He was some hilding fellow that had stolen The horse he rode on, and, upon my life, Spoke at a venture.
From King Henry IV, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William
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