LekhoriLekhoriAlternative form of hock (“the hollow behind the knee”).
In the bright light, lightened and cooled in limb, he eyed carefully his black trousers, the ends, the knees, the houghs of the knees.
Obsolete spelling of hoe.
Alternative form of hoe.
Alternative form of hock (“to hamstring”).
Far and wide the farms were burnt over their owners’ heads, the growing crops upon the ground; the horses were houghed, the cattle driven off; while of human death and misery there was no end.
A surname.
A village and civil parish (served by Hough and Chorlton Parish Council) south of Crewe, Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7150).
A hamlet near Alderley Edge, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ8578).
From Middle English hough, houȝ, hoch, howghe, from Old English hōh (“heel, hough”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”). Doublet of hoo. The regular modern English development would be /hʌf/, /haʊ/;...
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Archaic spelling of hoe.
1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, K:LV Better the toiling Swain, oh happier far! Perhaps the happieſt of the Sons of Men! Who vigorous plies the Plough, the Team, or Car; Who houghs the Field, or ditches in the Glen, Delves in his Garden, or ſecures his Pen.