Ough vs Hough - What's the difference?
ough | hough |
The sound of a grunt or groan or cough
*{{quote-book, year=1856, author=John Esten Cooke, title=The Last of the Foresters, chapter=, edition=
, passage="Ough! ough'! ' ough !" groaned the old woman; "he wants to go, away from the nest where he was warmed, and nursed, and brought up. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1874, author=H. S. Caswell, title=The Path of Duty, and Other Stories, chapter=, edition=
, passage=We strove to extort from him the cause of this ebullition of passion, but he only shook his head in reply to our questions, and uttered a guttural "ough ." }}
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 an interjection ough
is the sound of a grunt or groan or cough.As a noun hough is
the hollow behind the knee or hough can be .As a verb hough is
to hamstring or hough can be .ough
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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."