Definition of hock

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Hock (v. t.) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

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Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Hateful; shocking.
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side..
Revolt :: Revolt (n.) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty..
Stormy :: Stormy (superl.) Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy sound; stormy shocks..
Shog :: Shog (n.) A shock; a jog; a violent concussion or impulse.
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical..
Chock-full :: Chock-full (a.) Quite full; choke-full.
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..
Chocking :: Chocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Choc.
Capellet :: Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down..
Rejolt :: Rejolt (n.) A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.
Tetanomotor :: Tetanomotor (n.) An instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerve by successive mechanical shocks.
Chock :: Chock (v. t.) To encounter.
Dynamite :: Dynamite (n.) An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition..
Congress :: Congress (n.) A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.
Mohock :: Mohock (n.) See Mohawk.
Preparation :: Preparation (n.) The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension..
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.
Dousing-chock :: Dousing-chock (n.) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck..
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