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hide•bound



Pronunciation: (hīd'bound"), [key]
—adj.
1. narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant.
2. oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative: a hidebound philosopher.
3. (of a horse, cow, etc.) having the back and ribs bound tightly by the hide.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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