Definition of Hocks

1. Noun. (plural of hock) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of hock) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hocks

1. hock [v] - See also: hock

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hocks

hockey sticks
hockey stop
hockey tape
hockey team
hockeyist
hockeyists
hockeylike
hockeys
hockherb
hocking
hockle
hockled
hockles
hocklin
hockling
hocks (current term)
hockshop
hockshops
hocus
hocus-pocus
hocus pocus
hocused
hocuses
hocusing
hocuspocus
hocussed
hocusses
hocussing
hod
hod carrier

Literary usage of Hocks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Horses: Including the Law of Innkeepers, Veterinary Surgeons, Etc by George Henry Hewitt Oliphant, Clement Elphinstone Lloyd (1882)
"Curby hocks But if a Horse throw out a Curb immediately after nota°^n" sale, it is no breach of a warranty of soundness, even if he had Curby hocks at the ..."

2. The Exterior of the Horse by Armand Goubaux, Gustave Barrier (1892)
"Rotating hocks.—Horses of the heavy-draught or the lighter types quite frequently present this outward rotation of the hocks, for which there is no remedy; ..."

3. Horses & Stables by Frederic Wellington Fitzwygram (1911)
"The hocks should be neither straight (Plate 23, figure 1), nor overmuch bent ... If the hocks are placed too far behind (figure 3) there will be a want of ..."

4. The Training and Breaking of Horses by Merritt Wesley Harper (1918)
"Capped hocks. — The colt in training frequently injures his hocks in kicking or by striking them across the cross-bar, which results in a growth over the ..."

5. The Principles and Practice of Veterinary Surgery by William Williams (1894)
"... found in very upright or in very crooked hocks, and in weak hocks of any description ; because in all these forms concussion is most severely felt, ..."

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