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Syn. — To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.
Hide
(Hide), v. i. To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.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.
Hide
(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.]
Hide
(Hide), n. [OE. hide, hude, AS. hyd; akin to D. huid, OHG. hut, G. haut, Icel. huð, Dan. & Sw.
hud, L. cutis, Gr. ky`tos; and cf. Gr. sky`tos skin, hide, L. scutum shield, and E. sky. &radic13.]
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. Hide
(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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