Both Uses of
hindrance
in
Jane Eyre
- I wish to be a better man than I have been, than I am; as Job's leviathan broke the spear, the dart, and the habergeon, hindrances which others count as iron and brass, I will esteem but straw and rotten wood."†
Chpt 15
- I dangers dared; I hindrance scorned I omens did defy: Whatever menaced, harassed, warned, I passed impetuous by.†
Chpt 24 *
Definition:
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(hindrance) any obstruction that is burdensome