Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hyde"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hide \Hide\, n. [AS. h[=i]d, earlier h[=i]ged; prob. orig., land
enough to support a family; cf. AS. h[=i]wan, h[=i]gan,
members of a household, and E. hind a peasant.] (O. Eng.
Law.)
(a) An abode or dwelling.
(b) A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old
English charters, the quantity of which is not well
ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80,
100, and 120 acres. [Written also {hyde}.]
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