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English Dictionary: hidebound by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hidebound
adj
  1. stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded [syn: hidebound, traditionalist]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hidebound \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.
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