Hough vs Heugh - What's the difference?
hough | heugh |
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!
As nouns the difference between hough and heugh
is that hough is the hollow behind the knee while heugh is a steep crag or cliff, especially one with overhanging sides.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."