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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Half-hind, n. [Half a. 1; hind Hyne n. (farm-servant).] —1656 Edinb. Justices Peace 406.
A half hinds service is that same of the whole hind; he only differs from a whole hind in so far as he is not to keep and intertain an other fellow servant with himself; but it is required he have the same knowledge in husbandry
