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Definition of Hough
1. n. Same as Hock, a joint.
2. v. t. Same as Hock, to hamstring.
3. n. An adz; a hoe.
4. v. t. To cut with a hoe.
Definition of Hough
1. Noun. the hollow behind the knee ¹
2. Verb. To hamstring ¹
3. Noun. (archaic spelling of hoe) ¹
4. Verb. (archaic spelling of hoe) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hough
1. to hamstring [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hough
Literary usage of Hough
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"(103 SE) the legal ownership of the property was in the estate of Isaac hough,
but it is also true that the plaintiffs and the defendants in this action, ..."
2. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1894)
"The name of hough is indigenous to Cheshire, and in the seventeenth century
several families bearing it were living in Macclesfield Hundred. ..."
3. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Henry Hart Milman (1865)
"Protest of hough. terest he could not be deprived by an arbitrary mandate of the
... I submit to it," said hough with great dexterity, " so far as it is ..."
4. The History of England, from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1886)
"This absurd avowal would alone have made it impossible for hough and his brethren
... And now hough himself craved permission to address a few words to the ..."
5. American Book Prices Current (1901)
"hough sale, Fifth Ave. Auction Rooms, Oct. 17,1900. (799) $11.0o 6274 JOURNAL OF
THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. At their first Meeting of the ..."
6. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1872)
"I submit to it,'' said hough with great dexterity, "so far as it is ...
hough remained silent. The question was repeated; and hough returned a mild but ..."
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