Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.]