These are the meanings of the letters HIERN when you unscramble them.
- Heir (n.)
One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter.
- Heir (n.)
One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues.
- Heir (v. t.)
To inherit; to succeed to.
- Hern (n.)
A heron; esp., the common European heron.
- Hire (n.)
A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward.
- Hire (n.)
The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay.
- Hire (n.)
To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate.
- Hire (n.)
To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time.
- Hire (n.)
To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.
- Hire (pron.)
See Here, pron.
- Rein (n.)
Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint.
- Rein (n.)
The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.
- Rein (v. i.)
To be guided by reins.
- Rein (v. t.)
To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another.
- Rein (v. t.)
To restrain; to control; to check.