merly the capital of thefe kings. Holkar refides at Indoor, a town little more than 30 miles to the weftward of the former. The dominions of thefe, and fome other princes of fmalier note, extend as far as the river Jumma. The two laft mentioned princes, though properly Mahrattas, own no allegiance to the Ram Rajah, or great chief to whom the main body are nominally fubject. 9. The DECCAN, as left in 1748 by Nizam al Mulek, was by far the most important and extenfive foubadary of viceroy fhip in the empire. It then furpaffed in fize the largest kingdom in Europe; but fince that time many provinces have been conquered by the Mahrattas, and the northern Circars by the British, The poffeffions of the Nizam are alfo diminished by the ceffion of the Carnatic to the nabob of Arcot; great part of the territories of the late Tippoo Saib; and many provinces of lefs note. Still, however, the Nizam poffeffes very confiderable territories; (fee DECCAN, N° 1.) but his finan-, ces are in fuch a bad ftate, and his provinces fo ill governed, that he is accounted an inconfiderable prince, tho' otherwife one of the most powerful in Hindooftan. 10. The ci-devant dominions of Tippon Saib, the fon of Hyder Aly, were bounded on the N. by the territories of the Paifhwa: on the S. by Travancore, the territory of an independent Hindoo prince; on the W. by the fea; and on the E. by a great ridge of mountains, which feparate them from the territories of the nabob of Arcot. The country lying E. of these mountains is called the Carnatic Payen Ghat, and that to the W. the Carnatic Bhalla Ghat. The latter belonged to Tippoo Saib, but was taken by the British in 1798, when Tippoo himfelf was killed, at the capture of SERINGAPATAM. The mountainous part of this country has been fince reftored to the heir of the ancient fovereigns, againft whom Hyder Ali rebelled: and the rest is retained by the British government. The two together make up the country formerly called the Carnatic, though the name is now restricted to the Payen Ghat. The fituation of the Bhalla Ghat is confiderably more elevated than the other; by which means the air is colder. (4.) HINDOOSTAN, GOVERNMENT OF. With regard to the government of Hindooftan, the fovereigns of the different kingdoms into which it is divided, however they may differ in other refpects, feem all to agree in defpotifm and oppreffion of their fubjects. The British territories in the Eaft Indies were originally under the jurisdiction of a governor and 13 members; but this number has fluctuated occafionally from 14 to 4, at which it was fixed by act of parliament. In this council, all matters relating to peace or war, government or commerce, were debated, the governor having no other fuperiority than the cafting vote. But the whole executive power was lodged in his hands, and all the correfpondence with the native princes of India was carried on by his means, the dispatches to them being figned by him fingly; and all the princes and great men who visited the prefidency were firft received by him, and then introduced to the counfellors. He was military governor of Fort William, and commander in chief of the prefidency; whence, as by his office he was invefted with a confiderable degree of power, he became an object of envy and jealousy to the members of the council and other confiderable people. This circumftance occafioned the government to be divided into two parties, one fiding with the governor, and the other oppofing him; in confequence of which, the debates were frequently carried on with an indecent degree of heat and violence. This indeed may be looked upon as one principal caufe why the reputation of the British government in the eaftern parts of the world has fuffered; for, as there were very frequently opinions diametrically oppofite to one another recorded upon the fame fubject, the contending parties in the British parliament had always fufficient authority for what they said, let them take which fide they would; and thus the characters of all concerned in the Eaft India go. vernment were, with great appearance of justice, fet forth in the moft opprobrious light. (See ENGLAND, § 116—129.) Another fource of just reproach was, that the court of directors in England became infected with the fame fpirit of party which pervaded all other departments of the state; and hence arofe innumerable difputes highly dif graceful to thofe concerned. With regard to the adminiftration of British affairs in the East Indies, it muft indeed be remarked, that the company now act in a very different capacity from what they originally did. From a fociety of merchants, they are now become fovereigns of the country to which they trade. The latter character was quite foreign to them; and they have accordingly looked upon that of merchants as the principal one, while that of fovereigns was to be only a kind of appendage to it. Thus, inftead of acting for the intereft of the country they govern, and which, as fovereigns, they naturally ought to do, they have acted in many cafes directly oppofite to it, which, as merchants, is alfo their natural intereft. Hence alfo, when the adminiftration in India did any thing in obedience to the orders of the directors, which being dictated by merchants were prejudicial to the interefts of the country, that injury has been fometimes unjustly attributed to their fervants, who acted merely in obedience to the orders they received. On the other hand, when the India administration acted with the generous fpirit of fovereigns, they were fometimes blamed by the directors, who judged as merchants, and fometimes by the miniftry, who were always ready, upon the smallest pretence, to interfere in their affairs. At the time when the British administration firft commenced in Hindooftan, the Hindoo go vernors were univerfally named Rajahs, but tho many of the Hindoo families yet bear that title, it does not appear to refemble, in any refpect, our titles of nobility, or to be a dignity which can be conferred by any of the princes, or even by the Mogul himfelf. There are no ancient nobility, the titles being conferred merely by ufurpers, who have neither right nor title derived from any thing but violence. See RAJA, N° 1; ZEMINDARS, &c. From the confultations of the select committee in 1769, we are informed that the Zemindars have a power of levying fines at pleasure; that they raise large fums from duties collected in the market; and that they frequently oblige the ryots or huf bandmen to work for nothing. In fhort, the fame claims made by the European barons on their vaf fals Tals in the times of the feudal fyftem, are now hammedans, are fo effentially different from thofe of made by the Zemindars on the common people this country, that it is impoffible to affimilate them, of Hindooftan. If one of them is to be married, fhould ever any thing of the kind be attempted. if he has a child born, if honours are to be con- The only true method, therefore, of judging whether ferred upon him; nay, if he is even to be fined the prefent ftate of Hindooftan is preferable to for his own mifconduct, the poor ryot mult al- what it formerly was, is to compare it with what ways contribute his fhare. Mr Scrafton, in his is was under the bett Mogul emperors; and in this Hiftory of Hindoofan, fets forth the fituation of the comparifon it muft certainly appear, that the preinhabitants in the following words: Unhappily ference is greatly in favour of the British adminif for the Gentoos, themselves are made the miniftration. In Major Rennel's work we are informters of oppreffion over each other: the Moor men, ed that during the reign of Ackbar, whom he haughty, lazy, and voluptuous, make them, of ftyles "the glory of the houfe of Timur," the whom they have no jealoufy, the tninifters of their country had never enjoyed so much tranquillity oppreffion, which farther anfwers the end of di- "but this tranquillity would hardly be deemed viding them, and prevents their uniting to fling off fuch in any other quarter of the world, and muft the yoke; and by the ftrange intoxication of pow- therefore be understood to mean a ftaté fhort of er, they are found ftill more rapacious and cruel actual rebellion, or at leaft commotion." The than their foreign mafters: and what is more ex- fame author, fpeaking of the ftate of the Britraordinary, the bramins ftill exceed the reft in tifh empire there, ufes the following words: every abufe of power, and feem to think, if they "The Bengal provinces, which have been in our bribe God by bestowing a part of their plunder on actual poffeffion near 23 years, have, during that cows and faquirs, their iniquities will be pardon- whole period, enjoyed a greater fhare of tranquiled." From this account of the fituation of the lity than any other part of India, or indeed than people of Hindooftan under their native rulers, it thofe provinces had ever experienced fince the days is not probable that they could make a worse ex- of Aurengzebe." To this we may add, that the change, by falling under the jurifdiction either of provinces have not only experienced a perfect freethe Mohammedans or Europeans. A notion in- dom from external invafions, but likewise enjoyed deed has been propagated, that the British govern a degree of internal tranquillity altogether unknown ment has behaved with the greateft cruelty in col- before, by the fubjection and civilization of a set lecting the revenues, and that they have even in- of banditti who inhabited the hills of Rajemahl, vented tortures to make the rich people discover and infetted travellers; a wandering tribe of relitheir treasures; but on examining the matter im- gious mendicants, who were wont to commit the partially, the reverfe of this is faid to be the greatest enormities. Another advantage the inha cafe. At the time that the British government bitants of this country reap from the British gointerfered in the affairs of Hindooftan, the pro- vernment, is the fecurity from violence and opprefvinces were in a ruinous ftate, in confequence of fion, either by their Mohammedan fuperiors, or by the wars which had taken place in the country. one another. Under the article HINDOOS, (§ 2.) Even in the most fettled ftate, and when the ad- we have mentioned, that thefe people are liable to ministration was moft regular, the government the punishment of lofing their caft, from a variety was altogether defpotic, and the mode of collect of caufes, and that this is looked upon by them ing its revenues extremely arbitrary; the punith- to be the moft grievous calamity they can fuffer. ments inflicted very cruel; and the whole fyftem The Mohammedan governors often took advanof government fuch as would be reckoned quite tage of their fuperftition in this respect to opprefs thocking in Europe. It is only within thefe few them; and this circumftance alone frequently proyears that the British could effectually interpofe duced the most horrid confufion. In the inftruc in behalf of the natives; and in that fhort time it tions given to the fupervifors, Mr Verelft informs has produced a very confiderable reformation. It them, that "it is difficult to determine whether is certain that the British government has difcou- the original customs, or the degenerate manners of raged oppreffive measures as much as poffible; the Muffulmen, have moft contributed to confound abolished the cruel modes of punishment ufed by the principles of right and wrong in these provin the Mohammedans; and by inftituting a more ces. Certain it is, (adds he,) that almost every deregular plan of juftice, has procured eafe and fe- cifion of theirs is a corrupt bargain to the highest -curity to the natives, and preferved them in a bidder. Compenfation was frequently accepted ftate of tranquillity altogether unknown before. of even for capital crimes, and fines became at One great objection, however, to the India go- laft an intolerable grievance; nay, fo venal were vernment is, that the English law, which undoubt the judges, that it became at last a fettled rule, to edly is better calculated than any other for fecu- allow each of them a 4th part of any property in ring the liberties of the people, has not yet been dispute, as a compenfation for his trouble. It canadopted in India; whence it is thought that the not be fuppofed that fuch monftrous abuses concompany's fervants have still shown a difpofition tinue under the British government. On the conto opprefs, rather than to relieve, the oppreffed trary, the governors themselves affert, that immeinhabitants of Hindooftan. But in anfwer to diately after the provinces fell under British jurisdicthis it is faid, that the difference betwixt the tion, both Hindoos and Mohammedans have been two countries is fo great, that there can be no left to the free exercise of their religion, laws, and comparison betwixt the one and the other, nor cuftoms. The Hindoos themselves acknowledge can the conftitution of England be in any degree this, and are as well pleased with the mildness of the adapted to that of the other. The religion, laws, British government, as they are displeased with manners, and cuftoms, of both Hindoos and Mo the fuperftition and cruelty of the Mohammedans. 0 0 2 1 Under chief are thofe which lead to Kabul, Gazna, and Kandahar. This great chain of mountains is inhabited by different nations, the principal of which are the Afghans, or Patans, and the Baluches, who have extended themselves on the side of India, as well as Perfia. The mountains on the N. are called Nagrakut, Hima, or Mûs Tag, which has an affinity with Imaüs, and by other names which are given alfo in common to the mountains on each fide, feparating Hindooftam from Thibet. The very profpect on these mountains is frightful, being nothing but hideous precipices, perpetually covered with fnow, and not to be croffed without the greateft danger and difficulty. The principal rivers of Hindooftan are the INDUS and the GANGES. (See thefe articles, and BURRAMPOOTER.) The Ganges, or Ganga, enters Hindooftan about lat. 30°; it runs first fouth-eastward by the cities of Bekaner, Minapor, Halabas, Benâres, and Patna, to Rajah Mahl, where it divides into two branches. The eastern having passed by Dakka, the capital of Bengal, enters the gulph of that name about Chatigan. The weftern, descending by Koffum-Bazar and Hughly, falls into the gulph below Chandernagor towards Pipeli. The Indians have the greateft reverence for its waters, from a perfuafion that they wholly obliterate the spots of fin; and that it does not rise from the earth, but defcends from heaven into the paradife of Devendre, and from thence into Hindooftan. Nothing is more childish than the fables of the Bra mins on this fubject, yet the people believe them all. The Mogul and the prince of Golconda drink no other water than that of the Ganges: foreigners, on the contrary, allege that it is very unwholefome, and that it cannot be fafely drunk till it is firft boiled. There is a great number of fuperb pagodas on the banks of the Ganges, which are immensely rich. At certain festivals, there has been fometimes a concourfe of 100,cop people who came to bathe in it. But what principally diftinguishes this river, befides its greatnefs and rapidity, is the gold it brings down in its fands, and throws on its banks; and the precious ftones and pearls it produces, not only in itself, but in the gulph of Bengal, into which it discharges its waters, and which abound therewith. The Chun or Jemma, the Guderafu, the Perfilis, Lakia, and feveral other rivers, discharge themselves into it during its course. Under the British government, commerce, to which the inhabitants of this country are so much addicted, is much more encouraged than by the avaricious and barbarous Mohammedans. The latter had imposed so many restraints upon trade of all kinds, by the multitude of taxes collected at the landing places, watch-houses, markets, &c. that it was almoft impoffible to carry it on with any advantage. Among other falutary regulations, however, enacted by the British government in 1772, many of thofe taxes upon commerce were abolished, and a plan laid for effectually liberating the inhabitants, from those fhackles by which their commerce had fo long been fettered. Regard has also been paid to the inftruction of the people in useful knowledge; and the feminary established at Calcutta, by Sir William Jones, certainly does much honour to the founder. Some regard had indeed been paid to this by the Mohammedan emperors; but at the time that the British government commenced, these had been entirely neglected, their endowments refumed by government, and even the buildings fallen into ruin. From a comparison of any government to which the Hindoos have hitherto been fubject, with that of Britain, indeed, it is evident that the preference muft be greatly in favour of the latter. At the time when the British first visited that country, they were not under the jurifdiction of their native fovereigns, nor had they been fo for a long time before. The Moguls were not only foreigners, but a moft cruel and deteftable race; and it was by ufurpations of their own rebellious fubjects, that the anarchy and confufion was introduced in which the country was involved for fo long a time. The British are foreigners as well as the Moguls; but the latter, who profefs the intolerant fuperftition of Mohammed, suffer their conduct to be influenced by it in fuch a manner, as to treat the natives with the utmoft cruelty. The greatest evil, perhaps, which results from the British government, is the exportation of great fums of money to a foreign country; but this evil, with refpect to the provinces poffeffed by the British, exifted alfo under the Mohammedan government. The Mogul emperors refided at Delhi, which is far diftant from Bengal, Bahar, and Orixa, the territories now poffeffed by Britain; so that the greatest part of the treasure fent to that capital was totally loft to them. In the time of Aurengzebe, the emperor's tribute amounted to three millions fterling; of this a confiderable part was fpecie; but fince that time the tribute was fixed at only 1,250,000l. and even this was a vaft fum; to which if we add that carried out of the country by commanders of mercenary troops, who were all foreigners, it is not unreasonable to fuppofe, that under the Mogul government matters were ftill worse, even in this refpect, than under that of Britain. (5.) HINDOOSTAN, HISTORY OF. See INDIA. (6.) HINDOOSTAN, MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS OF. The most remarkable mountains are thofe which furround it on three fides. Thofe on the W. feparating it from Perfia, called, in general, Soleyman Kay, or the mountains of Soleyman, are of a vaft height as well as breadth, and are only paffable in certain places, through which roads have been made for the fake of commerce. The (7.) HINDOOSTAN, POPULATION OF. The to tal number of inhabitants in this extenfive country, exclufive of Europeans, is estimated at 110 millions. Of thefe, 10 millions are Mahommedans, and 100 millions Gentoos. See GENTOOS and HINDOOS, (8.) HINDOOSTAN, PRODUCE OF, Hindooftan is very rich in every kind of productions, whether foffil, vegetable, or animal. Befides other precious ftones, there is a diamond mine at the town of Soumelpur in Bengal. Quarries of Theban ftone are so plentiful in the Mogul's empire, that there are both mofques and pagods built entirely of it. Travellers tell us, there are mines of lead, iron, and copper, and even filver; but thofe of the laft, if there be any, need not be opened, for the bullion of all nations is funk in this empire, which takes nothing else in exchange for its commodities, and prohibits the exporting it again. The people till the ground with oxen and foot-ploughs, fowing in May and the beginning of June, that all may be over before the rains, and reaping in Nov. and December, which with them are the most temperate months in the year. The land is no where inclofed, excepting a little near towns and villages. The grafs is never mowed to make hay, but cut off the ground, either green or withered, as they have occafion to use it. Wheat, rice, barley, and other grain, grow here in plenty, and are very good. The country abounds no lefs in fruits, as pomegranates, citrons, grapes, almonds, and cocoa nuts; plums, thofe especially called mirabolans; plantanes, which in shape resemble a flender cucumber, and in tafte excel a Norwich pear; mangos, an excellent fruit, resembling an apricot, but larger; ananas, or pine apples; lemons and oranges, but not fo good as in other countries; variety of pears and apples in the northern parts; and the tamarind tree, the fruit of which is contained in a pod refembling thofe of beans. There are many other kinds of fruit trees peculiar to the country. But the most valuable trees are the cotton and mulberry, on account of the wealth they bring the natives from the manufacture of calicoes and filks. They plant abundance of fugar canes here, as well as tobacco; but the latter is not fo rich and strong as that of America, as they know not how to cure and order it. Hindoostan affords also plenty of ginger, together with carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic, and other roots known to us, befides fmall roots and herbs for fallads; but their flowers, though beautiful to look at, have no scent, excepting rofes, and fome few other kinds. (9.) HINDOOSTAN PROPER. Mr Rennel obferves, that though, by the modern Europeans, Hindooftan has been understood to mean the tract fituated between the rivers Indus and Ganges on the E. and W. the mountains of Thibet and Tartary on the N. and the ocean on the S. yet the extent of Hindooftan, properly fo called, is much more circumfcribed; and the name ought only to be applied to that part which lies N. of 21° or 22° lat. The reputed fouthern boundary of Hindooftan is the Nerbudda river as far as it goes, and the northern frontiers of Bengal and Bahar compofe the remainder. The countries to the S. of this line are called DECCAN by the Indian geographers, and comprehend about one half of the territory generally known by the name of the Mogul Empire. Our author therefore diftinguishes the northern part by the name of Hindooftan Proper; which has indeed the Indus and mountains of Thibet and Tartary for its western and northern boundaries; but the Burrampooter river is rather to be considered as the eastern boundary than the Ganges; the latter interfecting fome of the richest provinces in the empire. (See BURRAMPOOTER.) Upon this principle, Hindooftan Proper equals in fize the countries of France, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, and the Low Countries; the Deccan and peninsula being about equal in fize to the British islands, Spain, and European Turkey. (10.) HINDOOSTAN, QUADRUPEDS OF. There is great variety of quadrupeds in this country, both wild and tame; among the former are elephants, rhinocerofes, lions, tigers, leopards, wolves, jackals, and the like. The jackals dig up and eat dead bodies, and make a hideous noife in the night. The rhinoceros is not common in the Mogul's empire; but the elephants are very numerous, fome 12, 14, or 15 feet high. There is plenty of venifon, and game of feveral kinds; as red deer, fallow deer, elks, antelopes, kids, hares, and fuch like. None of thefe are imparked, but all in common, and may be any body's who will be at the trouble to take them. Among the wild animals alfo may be reckoned the musk animal, apes, and monkeys. Hindooftan affords variety of beasts for carriage, as camels, dromedaries, mules, affes, horfes, oxen, and buffaloes. Most of the horfes are white, and many curiously dappled, pied, and fpotted all over. The flesh of the oxen is very fweet and tender. Being very tame, many ufe them as they do horfes to ride on. Instead of a bit, they put one or two fmall ftrings through the griftle of the nostrils, and fastening the ends to a rope, ufe it instead of a bridle, which is held up by a bunch of griftly flesh which he has on the fore part of his back. They faddle him as they do a horfe; and, if fpurred a little, he will go as faft. Thefe are generally made ufe of all over the Indies; and with them only are drawn waggons, coaches, and chariots; fome of thefe oxen will travel 15 leagues in a day. They are of two forts; one fix feet high, which are rare; another called dwarfs, which are only three. In some places, where the roads are ftony, they fhoe their oxen when they are to travel far. The buffalo's fkin makes excellent buff, and the female yields very good milk; but their flesh is neither so palatable nor wholefome as beef. The theep of Hindooftan have large heavy tails, and their flesh is very good, but their wool coarse. (II.) HINDOOSTAN, REPTILES AND INSECTS OF. This country is much infefted with reptiles and infects; fome of a noxious kind, as fcorpions, fnakes, and rats; but the lizards, which are of a green colour, are not hurtful. Snakes and serpents, we are told, are fometimes employed to dispatch criminals, especially such as have been guilty of very atrocious crimes, that kind of death being attended with the most grievous torture. The most troublefome infects in this hot country are flies, mufketoes, and chinches or bugs. (1.) HINDOW, a territory of Hindooftan, bounded by Delhi and Agra on the N. and E.; and by Alimer on the S. and W. (2.) HINDOW, the capital of the above territory. The people boaft their defcent from the original inhabitants of India. Lon. 78. 5. E. Lat. 26. 50. N. HINDRINGHAM, a town in Norfolk. HINDUSTAN. See HINDOOSTAN and INDIA. HINE, or HIND, n. . a husbandman's fervant. The perfon who overfees the reft, is called the mafter's hine. * HINGE. n. f. [or hingle, from hangle, or bang.] 1. Joints upon which a gate or door turns. At the gate Of heav'n arriv'd, the gate felf-open'd wide, On golden hinges turning. Milton. They from the hinge their ftrokes the gates divorce, And where the way they cannot find, they force: Denham. Heav'n's Heav'n's imperiousqueenshot down from high, At her approach the brazen hinges fly, The gates are forc❜d. Dryden. 2. The cardinal points of the world, Eaft, Weft, North, and South. If when the moon is in the binge at Eaft, The birth breaks forward from its native reft; Full eighty years, if you two years abate, This ftation gives. Creech. 3. A governing rule or principle. The other binge of punishment might turn upon a law, whereby all men who did not marry by the age of five and twenty, fhould pay the third part of their revenue. Temple. 4. To be off the HINGES. To be in a ftate of irregularity and disorder.-The man's fpirit is out of order and off the hinges; and till that be put into its right frame, he will be perpetually difquieted. Tillotfon. Methinks we ftand on ruins, Nature shakes About us, and this univerfal frame So loose, that it but wants another push To leap from off its hinges.. Dryden. *To HINGE. v. a. [from the noun.] 1. To furnish with hinges. 2. To bend as an hinge.-Be thou a flatt'rer now, and binge thy knee; And let his very breath, whom thoul't obferve, Blow off thy cap. Shak. HINGEON, a town of France, in the dep. of Sambre and Meufe, and ci-devant county of Namur; 8 miles NW. of Namur. (1.) HINGHAM, a market town of Norfolk, 12 miles SW. of Norwich, and 97 NE. of London. Lon. 1. 4. E. Lat. 52. 43. N. (2.) HINGHAM, a town of the United States, in Maffachusetts, 10 miles SE. of Boston. HING-HOA, a city of China of the first rank, in the prov. of Fo-kien, near the fea-coaft. The walls are very thick, and the streets well paved. The city is adorned with several triumphal arches, and majestic public buildings. Silk and rice are its chief commodities. It is 900 miles S. of Pekin. Lon. 136. 42. E. of Ferro. Lat. 25. 28. N. HINIGAN, a town of Turkey, in Irak Arabic. HINKA, a lake of Chinese Tartary, 108 miles in circumference. Lon. 150. 15. E. of Ferro. Lat. 45-35. N. HINKAN, a chain of mountains in Chinese Tartary, extending from Lon. 152° to 155° E. of Ferro; and from Lat. 53° to 54° N. HINNOM. See BEN-HINNOM and GEHENNA. HINOJARES, a town of Spain, in the prov. of Jaen, 15 miles SE. of Ubeda. HINOJOSA, 4 towns of Spain: 1. in Eftremadura, 16 miles N. of Lerena: 2. in Leon, 25 m. NNW. of Cividad Rodrigo: 3. in Caftile, 10 m. N. of Mollina: and 4. in ditto, 36 miles S. of Hueta. HINCHENFELD, a town of Holftein. *HINT. n. f. [from the verb.] 1. Faint notice given to the mind; remote allufion; diftant infinuation. Let him ftrictly observe the firft ftir rings and intimations, the firft bints and whispers of good and evil, that pass in his heart. South. 2. Suggeftion; intimation. On this bint I spake, She lov'd me for the dangers I had paft. Shak. -Actions are so full of circumstances, that, as men obferve some parts more than others, they take different hints, and put different interpretations on them. Addison. (1.) To HINT. v. a. [enter, French. Skinner.] To bring to mind by a flight mention or remote allufion; to mention imperfectly. Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Juft hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope. In waking whispers, and repeated dreams, To hint pure thought, and warn the favour'd foul. Thomjon. (2.) To HINT AT. To allude to; to touch flightly upon.-Speaking of Auguftus's actions, he ftill remembers that agriculture ought to be fome way hinted at throughout the whole poem. Addifon on the Georgicks. HINTERSEE, a lake of Bavaria. HINTON, the name of 11 villages; viz. of each in Berks, Dorfetfhire, Hants, Oxford, Suffolk, and Wilts; and of 5 in Gloucestershire. HINZUAN, or JOANNA. See JOANNA. HIO, a town of Sweden, in W. Gothland, feated on the Lake Wetter, 145 m. SW. of Stockholm. Lon. 14. 6. E. Lat. 57. 53. N. HIONG-NOU. See HAMI, N° 1. HIONG-TCHUEN, a town of Corea. HIORRING, a town of Denmark in N. Jutland, 27 miles NNW. of Aalborg. In 1693, it was burnt. HIORTED, a town of Sweden, in Smaland. (1.) * HIP. a. [hype, Saxon.] 1. The joint of the thigh.-How now, which of your hips has the moft profound feiatica? Shak.-Hippocrates affirmeth of the Scythians, that, ufing continual riding, they were generally molested with the sciatica, or bip gout. Brown. 2. The haunch; the flesh of the thigh. So fhepherds ufe To fet the fame mark on the hip Both of their found and rotten Theep. Hudib. Against a ftump his tufk the monster grinds, And ranch'd his hips with one continu'd wound, Dryden. 3. To have on the HIP. [A low phrafe.] To have an advantage over another. It feems to be taken from hunting, the hip or haunch of a deer being the part commonly feized by the dogs. If this poor brach of Venice, whom I cherish For his quick hunting, ftand the putting on, I'll have our Michael Caffio on the hip. Shak (2.) HIP. n.. [from heopa, Sax.] The fruit of the brier or dogrofe. * Eating hips and drinking watery foam. Hubberd's Tale. Why should you want? Behold, the earth hath roots; The oaks bear mafts, the briars fcarlet hips. Shak. -Years of ftore of haws and hips do commonly portend cold winters. Bacon. (3.) HIP, in the materia medica, the fruit of the dogrofe or wild brier. See Rosa, N° I. § 3It contains an acidulous, yet sweetish pulp; with a rough prickly matter inclofing the feeds, from which the pulp ought to be carefully feparated before it be taken internally. The Wirtemberg college obferves, that from a neglect of this, pulp of hips fometimes occafions a pruritus and uneafinefs about the anus; and the conferve of it has |