hindward

[ hahynd-werd ]

adverb

1. backward.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hindward¹

before 1100; Middle English; Old English hinde-weard (adj.). See hind ¹, -ward

Example Sentences

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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Yes, with the Lebanon women, the convex curve beneath the waist is frontward, not hindward.

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And what he says about the pruriently titillating convexities, whether frontward or hindward, suggests a little prudery.

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