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In the extreme rear
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hindmost
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ... and the devil take the hindmost
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. located farthest to the rear [syn: backmost , hindermost , rearmost ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from hind (adj.) + -most .\n\n Thra. What, if a toy take 'em i' the heels now, and they run all away, and cry, 'The devil take the hindmost'?\n Dion. Then the same devil take the foremost too, and souse him for his breakfast! [Beaumont & Fletcher, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (en-superlativehind)
Usage examples of hindmost.
If the Hindmost could break her loose and return her to her home, it was more than Louis Wu could do for her.
Now we find the Hindmost sending human agents to get me, on stepping discs.
I and the Hindmost are the only ones in known space who know what the puppeteers have been doing, besides anyone either of us might have told.
Land on the spaceport ledge, pick up whatever the Hindmost expected to find, and go.
Chmeee leap onto the stepping disc just as the Hindmost mouthed the controls.
The Hindmost had the telescope screen set for infrared light, but it did little good .
Maybe the Hindmost will get lonely and let us join him on the flight deck.
When the Hindmost finished speaking, a fall would already have killed them.
My second point is that the Hindmost must not learn who built the Ringworld.
The Hindmost brought us to this doomed structure against our wills, and you delay our vengeance to kill sunflowers.
Survival or the mating urge or vengeance on the Hindmost would all drive Chmeee in the same direction.
Unless Chmeee could dominate the Hindmost, how could he return to known space?
The Hindmost had set a stepping-disc receiver on the outside of the hull.
If the Hindmost had set impervious walls between himself and his captive crew, surely he would have coated the entire flight deck with shielding.
The Hindmost had repaired the damage and added a braided cable that led into the control panel.