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In old English law. Hide; skin. A measure of land, containing, according to some, a hundred acres, which quantity is also assigned to it in the Dialogue de Bcaccario. It seems, however, that the hide varied in different parts of the kingdom. … [Read more...] about HYD

Agriculture; cultivation of the soil for food; farming in the sense of operating land to raise provisions. … [Read more...] about HUSBANDRY

See HIDAGE. … [Read more...] about HYDAGE

In Saxon law. The crime of housebreaking or burglary. Crabb, Eng. Law, 59, 308. … [Read more...] about HUSBREC

An instrument for measuring the density of fluids; being immersed in fluids, as in water, brine, beer, brandy, it determines the proportion of their densities, or their specific gravities, and thence their qualities. 2. By, the Act of Congress of January 12, 1825, 3 Story's' Laws U. S. 1976, the secretary of the treasury is authorized, under the direction of the president of … [Read more...] about HYDROMETER