Hough : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hough	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Hough
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hough \Hough\, n. Same as {Hock}, a joint.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hough \Hough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Houghed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Houghing}.] Same as {Hock}, to hamstring.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hough \Hough\, n. [Cf. D. hak. Cf. {Hack}.] An adz; a hoe. [Obs.] --Bp. Stillingfleet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hough \Hough\, v. t. To cut with a hoe. [Obs.] --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hock \Hock\, Hough \Hough\, n. [ AS. h[?]h the heel; prob. akin to Icel. h[be]sinn hock sinew, Dan. hasc, G. hechse, h[84]chse, LG. hacke, D. hak; also to L. coxa hip (cf. {Cuisses}), Skr. kaksha armpit. [root]12. Cf. {Heel}.] 1. (a) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man. (b) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot. 2. The popliteal space; the ham.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hough to hamstring, i.e., sever the "tendon of Achilles" of the hinder legs of captured horses (Josh. 11:6; 2 Sam. 8:4; 1 Chr. 18:4), so as to render them useless.