hox en · NOUN · etymology 1
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of homeobox.
alt of homeobox
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| hoxes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
hox en · VERB · etymology 2
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hoxen, reduction or back-formation of earlier hoxenen, from the noun *hoxene (only attested as hokschyne, with alteration after schyne), from Old English hōhsinu, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hasinu, from Proto-Germanic *hanhasinwō, from *hanhaz (“heel”) + *senawō (“sinew”). Compare hough, huxen, and sinew.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.
To bide upon't: thou art not honest; or / If thou inclin'st that way, thou art a coward, / Which hoxes honesty behind, restraining / From course required.
c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, act 1, scene 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| hoxing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hoxed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hoxed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| hoxes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |