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.