Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of liquid measure used by the ancient Hebrews, equal to about five liters.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A liquid measure of the ancient Egyptians and Hebrews.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measurement, approximately 0.48
litre .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If I say, "Leg die Feder hin" (Lay the pen down)! there sounds in response a _feder hin_.
The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869
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This idea also explains the intrusive -i- in the word hinθial 'spirit, ghost, shade' derived from the genitive of hinθ 'below, beneath, underneath' which we may now relate to an earlier form *hinθi.
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This idea also explains the intrusive -i- in the word hinθial 'spirit, ghost, shade' derived from the genitive of hinθ 'below, beneath, underneath' which we may now relate to an earlier form *hinθi.
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View It » this whole thing is very disturbing, I am not against any type of religion but it should be very obvious that muslims cannot be trusted, One of those preachers calls hin an '' hero '' give me a break
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Link to Urville. com, Link to a "Savant Profile" of Tréhin from the Wisconsin Medical Society (via The Kircher Society)
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The Talmud, an unrivaled word player, remembers that the word hin (measure) sounds a lot like the word hen (a word for "yes").
Scott Perlo: Religion, Metaphor And Getting The 'Nazi' Out Of Our Rhetoric Scott Perlo 2011
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The Talmud, an unrivaled word player, remembers that the word hin (measure) sounds a lot like the word hen (a word for "yes").
Scott Perlo: Religion, Metaphor And Getting The 'Nazi' Out Of Our Rhetoric Scott Perlo 2011
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The Talmud, an unrivaled word player, remembers that the word hin (measure) sounds a lot like the word hen (a word for "yes").
Scott Perlo: Religion, Metaphor And Getting The 'Nazi' Out Of Our Rhetoric Scott Perlo 2011
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And a sharp, almost primitive need to call hin back again.
The Tycoon's Mistress Craven, Sara 2000
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And a sharp, almost primitive need to call hin back again.
The Tycoon's Mistress Craven, Sara 2000
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