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hough en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/hɑk/ (US)
/hɒk/ (UK)
/hʌf/ (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English hough, houȝ, hoch, howghe, from Old English hōh (“heel, hough”), from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”). Doublet of hoo.
The regular modern English development would be /hʌf/, /haʊ/; this has been replaced by /hɒk/, originating in the compound huxen (also *hoxen), from Old English hōhsinu.
Meanings
(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of hock (“the hollow behind the knee”).
In the bright light, lightened and cooled in limb, he eyed carefully his black trousers, the ends, the knees, the houghs of the knees. 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of hock (“tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped”).
From Middle English hough, houȝ, hoch, howghe, from Old English hōh (“heel, hough”), from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”). Doublet of hoo.
The regular modern English development would be /hʌf/, /haʊ/; this has been replaced by /hɒk/, originating in the compound huxen (also *hoxen), from Old English hōhsinu.
Meanings
(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of hock (“to hamstring”).
Far and wide the farms were burnt over their owners’ heads, the growing crops upon the ground; the horses were houghed, the cattle driven off; while of human death and misery there was no end. 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 25, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 337:
1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, K:LV
Better the toiling Swain, oh happier far!
Perhaps the happieſt 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 ſecures his Pen.
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houghs
Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres
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houghed
Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part
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houghed
Tense=Past
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houghing
Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part
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hough en · NOUN · etymology 3
Etymology
From Middle English ho, howe, hogh, from Old English hōh (“a promontory”).