hin
[hin]
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noun
an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about one and one half gallons (5.7 liters).
Origin of hin
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin (Vulgate) < Greek (Septuagint) < Hebrew hīn < Egyptian hnw a liquid measure, literally, jar
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Historical Examples of hin
Hin an' out then yer may go as yer pleases; there'll be naught to interfere.
Sue, A Little HeroineL. T. Meade
But 'tis jest equal sartin as a magistrate 'ud bring you hin guilty.
Sue, A Little HeroineL. T. Meade
To which he replied, “I didn't say hin a hague hin, I says Hand her hague hin.”
But hall the more call for a hescort if they should ev it hin their mawnds to gow.
Captain Brassbound's ConversionGeorge Bernard Shaw
Bit hawbitrairy, preps; but hin a genlmn you looks for sich.
Captain Brassbound's ConversionGeorge Bernard Shaw
hin
noun
Word Origin for hin
from Late Latin, from Greek, from Hebrew hīn, from Egyptian hnw
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