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Definition of Hithe
1. n. A port or small haven; -- used in composition; as, Lambhithe, now Lambeth.
Definition of Hithe
1. Noun. (obsolete) a landing-place in a river; a harbour or small port ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hithe
1. a small haven [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hithe
Literary usage of Hithe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"pounds twelve shillings and nine pence halfpenny farthing, out of the rent of
London, to be received uf the Queen's hithe. Certain impositions were set upon ..."
2. Memorials of Oxford by James Ingram (1837)
"... now usually written High bridge, was so called from the hithe or wharf adjoining;
hithe being a Saxon word, signifying a landing-place to receive wares ..."
3. Memorials of Oxford by James Ingram, John Le Keux, Frederick Mackenzie (1837)
"hithe bridge, now usually written High bridge, was so called from the ...
hithe being a Saxon word, signifying a landing-place to receive wares out of ..."
4. The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler, Richard Alexander Streatfeild (1916)
"... the walk and the bracing air had made me sleepy, so ere we had got past Green-
hithe Station on our return journey I had sunk into a refreshing sleep. ..."
5. The Universal Etymological English Dictionary: Containing an Additional ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1737)
"... paid at an hithe or Wharf for landing Goods. HEDE, Care, Attention. Cbau.
HEDDE, hid. Cbau. .... hithe ..."
6. Gentleman's Magazine Library edited by George Laurence Gomme, Frank Alexander Milne, Lady A C Bickley, Mrs Alice Bertha Merck Gomme (1904)
"One woman was dug out of the rubbish quite dead; another so much bruised that
she has since died. [1854, Part /., pp. 490-49I-] FLEET hithe. ..."
7. A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language: Containing the Accentuation by Joseph Bosworth (1838)
"h'.i.as a termination of names of places, denotes that they are situate on the
shore, .nJ convenient for landing foods. *Sjh hithe, m Kent, ..."
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