hindward
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of hindward
before 1100; Middle English; Old English hinde-weard (adj.). See hind 1, -ward
Example Sentences
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There was a cow seen which had one head and one body as far as her shoulders, two bodies from her shoulders hindward, and two tails.
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However, when a dynamo, with horned pole pieces, has been running for some time as a motor the forward horns are cool and the hindward horns hot.
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The so-called Northumbrian records of the ninth and tenth centuries frequently use -es instead of -est, in the 2nd pers. preterite of regular verbs, e.g., ðu forcerdes usic on-bec = Thou turnedst us hindward.
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Indeed, the figure used therein as an equipoise to "the hindward charms" satirises perfectly the style of writing characterised by inflated thought and imagery.
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Vertex luteous, black hindward; femora with testaceous tips; bands of the wings partly connected.
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