hil|ding

hil|ding
hil|ding «HIHL dihng», noun, adjective. Archaic.
–n.
a mean, worthless person.
–adj.
worthless; base: »

He was some hilding fellow that had stolen the horse he rode on (Shakespeare).

[perhaps < obsolete hield to bend down + -ing1]

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