Hyde

HYDE - Obs. A unit of land corresponding to a peasant's family estate.
A synonym for 'hypocrite' derived from the name of the U.S.

A person: "And though Grainger was a spry old party, such steps couldn't be his" (Anthony Hyde).
A selected group of soldiers: a raiding party.
Slang.
An act of sexual intercourse.
An orgy. adj.

CANCELLATION. Its general acceptation, is the act of crossing a writing; it is used sometimes to signify the manual operation of tearing or destroying the instrument itself. Hyde v. Hyde, 1 Eq. Cas. Abr. 409; Rob. on Wills, 367, n.

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