hough

¹ American  

[hok, hokh] / hɒk, hɒx /

noun

1. Scot. hock.

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verb (used with object)

1. Scot. to hamstring.

verb (used without object)

1. British Dialect Obsolete. to clear the throat; hack.

Hough ² American  

[huhf] / hʌf /

noun

1. Emerson, 1857–1923, U.S. novelist.

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hough British  

/ hɒk /

noun

1. another word for hock 1

2. in Scotland, a cut of meat corresponding to shin

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verb

1. to hamstring (cattle, horses, etc)

Etymology

Origin of hough

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at hock ¹

Example Sentences

And even hough some retail prices are still rising the worldwide price trend, forecast by commodities is downward.

From Time Magazine Archive

See page 53 for more about there with singulars and plurals. though/alt hough.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

It cam' into my heid as I lay here ae nicht, an' cudna sleep a wink, and cudna rist, and yet daurna muv for my broken hough.

From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George

I will call for helpe, what hough, come forth Trupenie.

From Roister Doister Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College by Arber, Edward

Left hind leg of Centaur up to above the hough.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.