Hide"bound` (?), a.
1.
Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.
2. Hort.
Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees.
Bacon.
3.
Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.
Milton. Carlyle.
4.
Niggardly; penurious.
[Obs.]
Quarles.
© Webster 1913.