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Definition of Hindmost

Hindmost
Hind Hind, a. [Compar. Hinder; superl. Hindmost, or Hindermost.] [OE. hind, adv., back, AS. hindan behind. See Hinder, a.] In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.
Hindmost
Hindermost Hind"er*most`, Hindmost Hind"most`, a. [The superlative of hind. See Hind, a.] [Cf. AS. hindema (akin to Goth. hindumists), a superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See Hinder, a., and cf. Aftermost.] Furthest in or toward the rear; last. ``Rachel and Joseph hindermost.' --Gen. xxxiii. 2.

Meaning of Hindmost from wikipedia

- dangerous than inaction. The leader of the Puppeteers is known as the Hindmost. Since Pierson's Puppeteers are foremost concerned with their own safety...
- Look up devil take the hindmost in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "Devil take the hindmost" is a proverbial expression, first in print in 1611 (see...
- The Ringworld Engineers was to address these engineering problems. The Hindmost, recently deposed leader of the Puppeteers, abducts the human Louis Wu...
- last three major economic bubbles in his published works: Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation (1999, the dot-com bubble), Crunch-Time...
- die of old age instead of asking the Hindmost for rejuvenation, as self-punishment for his helping the Hindmost to restabilize the Ringworld at the end...
- The telson (from Ancient Gr**** τέλσον 'headlands, limit') is the hindmost division of the body of an arthropod. Depending on the definition, the telson...
- then experiences a moment of panic at what he has done ("Devil Take The Hindmost"). Out on the beach, the people are enjoying the last day of the summer...
- consisting of 11 segments, some of which may be fused, and with the 3 hindmost segments modified for reproduction. Some Dipterans are mimics and can only...
- ****, a pair of osphradia (chemical sensors) in the incoming "lane", the hindmost pair of gills and the exit openings of the nephridia (kidneys) known as...
- hairs and shaped like oars, hence the name "water boatman". Their four hindmost legs have scoop- or oar-shaped tarsi to aid swimming. They also have a...