Definition of Houghed

1. Verb. (past of hough) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Houghed

1. hough [v] - See also: hough

Lexicographical Neighbors of Houghed

hotwiring
hotwives
houdah
houdahs
houdan
houdans
houf
houfed
houff
houffed
houffing
houffs
houfing
houfs
hough
houghed (current term)
houghing
houghs
houhere
hould
houlet
houlets
hoult
hoults
hoummos
hoummoses
hoummous
houmous
houmus
houmuses

Literary usage of Houghed

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

1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1781)
"... Hatty houghed and pounded: or, ... introduced a queer allegory, ' Martin's Hobby houghed and pounded,* has however made ..."

2. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1886)
"Again, " in their anger they houghed a bull." And mark the nicety of the ... But as a young bull, so to speak, when houghed, sinks down to the ground, ..."

3. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts, Allan Menzies, Novatianus (1868)
"They slew men, and houghed the bull; by the strong bull he means Christ. And they houghed, since, when He was suspended on the tree, they pierced through ..."

4. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"To MAK STEAD, to be of use ; E. to stand in stead, " Such cattle as would not drive they houghed and slew, that they should never make stead. ..."

5. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Ernest Cushing Richardson, Bernhard Pick, Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Allan Menzies (1886)
"Again, " in their anger they houghed a bull." And mark the nicety of the ... But as a young bull, so to speak, when houghed, sinks down to the ground, ..."

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