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hidebound

hidebound is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.(Hort.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees. Bacon.
  2. 2.Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative. Milton. Carlyle.
  3. 3.Niggardly; penurious. [Obs.] Quarles.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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