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hindhead

noun

Etymology

From hind + head.

  1. inherited from *káput✻ — “head”
  2. inherited from *haubudą✻ — “head”
  3. inherited from *haubud✻
  4. inherited from hēafod — “head; top; leader; origin”
  5. inherited from efd
  6. compounded as hindhead — “hind + head”

Definitions

  1. The rear part of the head.

    • Top of the head pale yellowish brown, variously variegated,—across the hindhead there extends a narrow reddish brown line, and another of the same tint is observed between the eyes […]

  2. A village in Haslemere parish, Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU8835).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA