Hough vs Chough - What's the difference?
hough | chough |
the hollow behind the knee
:* 1922': In the bright light, lightened and cooled in limb, he eyed carefully his black trousers, the ends, the knees, the '''houghs of the knees. — James Joyce, ''Ulysses
* 1748 , , K:LV
*:"Better the toiling Swain, oh happier far!
Two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.
The , of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.
As nouns the difference between hough and chough
is that hough is the hollow behind the knee while chough is two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia.As a verb hough
is to hamstring.hough
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) h?h.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* hougherEtymology 2
From (etyl) howe, from (etyl) houe, from Old Low Franconian *houwa'' (compare Middle Dutch houwe), from *''houwan 'to hew'. More at (l).Verb
(en verb)- Perhaps the happie?t of the Sons of Men!
- Who vigorous plies the Plough, the Team, or Car;
- Who houghs the Field, or ditches in the Glen,
- Delves in his Garden, or ?ecures his Pen."