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Hoxed vs Coxed - What's the difference?

hoxed | coxed |

As verbs the difference between hoxed and coxed

is that hoxed is (hox) while coxed is (cox) to have acted as a coxswain; to have steered a boat.

As an adjective coxed is

having a cox.

hoxed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hox)

    • hox

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • (genetics) homeobox
    • Derived terms
    * hox gene

    Etymology 2

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To hock; to hamstring.
    • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)

    coxed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cox) To have acted as a coxswain; to have steered a boat.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a cox

    • Anagrams

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