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Maximally obstruct, right at the back
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hindermost
Word definitions for hindermost in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. located farthest to the rear [syn: backmost , hindmost , rearmost ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. hindmost
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., hyndermest ; see hinder (adj.) + -most .
Usage examples of hindermost.
At the end of each caravan the driver rode on the hindermost beast, and he carried a great whip, and this whip he cracked with a terrific noise over the backs of the beasts, shouting as he did so.
One of the most courageous of the party followed Tom, and, the way being thus made, the whole party began pushing up the rock,--the hindermost pushing the front ones faster than they would have gone of themselves.
The waiter he knelt at the toes Of an ugly and thin coryphee, Who danced in the hindermost rows At the Theatre des Varietes.
There were a few women, numbering, perhaps, a sixth part of the whole, who sat together on the hindermost benches.
Clement, and thou Captain, sure it will be ill-done to leave these men unbroken behind us, lest they follow us and hang about our hindermost, slaying us both men and horses.
The bear sprang after them, and was within a few feet of the hindermost, when one of the hunters on the shore shot him in the head, and finally killed him.
Ham and Long Tom were last, pretty evenly matched, with Ham the hindermost because he was trying to keep thorns from tearing his clothes.