Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hidebound"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hidebound
adj : stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded [syn: {traditionalist}]
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