Crossword clues for hindermost
hindermost
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 toward the rear; last. ``Rachel and Joseph
hindermost.''
--Gen. xxxiii. 2.
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., hyndermest; see hinder (adj.) + -most.
Wiktionary
a. hindmost
WordNet
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.