Definition of hock

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Hock (n.) Alt. of Houg.

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Squasher :: Squash (n.) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies..
Horrid :: Horrid (a.) Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive..
Stringiness :: Stringhalt (n.) An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock..
Hockamore :: Hockamore (n.) A Rhenish wine. [Obs.] See Hock.
Jards :: "Jards (n.) A callous tumor on the leg of a horse, below the hock..
Jar :: "Jar (v. t.) To cause a short, tremulous motion of, to cause to tremble, as by a sudden shock or blow; to shake; to shock; as, to jar the earth; to jar one's faith..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging..
Regrate :: Regrate (v. t.) To offend; to shock.
Hockey :: Hockey (n.) The stick used by the players.
Shocked :: Shocked (imp. & p. p.) of Shoc.
Hock :: Hock (v. t.) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
Earthquake :: Earthquake (n.) A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock..
Hox :: Hox (v. t.) To hock; to hamstring. See Hock.
Chocking :: Chocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Choc.
Shock :: Shock (v.) To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence..
Congress :: Congress (n.) A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.
Chock :: Chock (adv.) Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft..
Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Hateful; shocking.
Ghastly :: Ghastly (superl.) Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
Thoroughpin :: Thoroughpin (n.) A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through..
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