Houghed vs Hocked - What's the difference?
houghed | hocked |
(hough)
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!
(hock)
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region, but often applied to all Rhenish wines.
The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
Meat from that part of a food animal.
, obligation as collateral for a loan.
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Debt.
Installment purchase.
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Prison.
As verbs the difference between houghed and hocked
is that houghed is (hough) while hocked is (hock).houghed
English
Verb
(head)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."
hocked
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*hock
English
Etymology 1
From hockamore, from the name of the German town of .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) hoch, hough, hocke, from Old English ‘skeleton’)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* rattle one's hocksEtymology 3
.Noun
(-)- He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.
- They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.