hough

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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 The regular modern English development would be /hʌf/, /haʊ/; this has been replaced by /hɒk/, originating in the compound huxen (also *hoxen), from Old English hōhsinu. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /hɒk/ (US) IPA(key): /hɑk/ IPA(key): (obsolete) /hʌf/ Rhymes: -ɒk Homophone: hock ==== Noun ==== hough (plural houghs) Alternative form of hock (“the hollow behind the knee”). Alternative form of hock (“tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped”). ==== Verb ==== hough (third-person singular simple present houghs, present participle houghing, simple past and past participle houghed) Alternative form of hock (“to hamstring”). ===== Synonyms ===== hamstring, hock, hox ===== Hypernyms ===== See Thesaurus:disable ==== Derived terms ==== hougher, Hougher ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === See hoe (“agricultural tool”). ==== Pronunciation ==== As hoe. ==== Noun ==== hough (plural houghs) Obsolete spelling of hoe. ==== Verb ==== hough (third-person singular simple present houghs, present participle houghing, simple past and past participle houghed) 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. === Etymology 3 === From Middle English ho, howe, hogh, from Old English hōh (“a promontory”). ==== Noun ==== hough (plural houghs) Alternative form of hoe. == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English hōh (“heel”), from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz. Compare hele (“heel”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ho, hoche, hogh, hoȝ, hokke, hoo, houȝ, houe, howe, howghe, howh ==== Pronunciation ==== (regular development) IPA(key): /huːx/ (from inflected forms) IPA(key): /hoː/ (generalised from Old English hōhsinu) IPA(key): /hɔx/, /hɔk/ ==== Noun ==== hough (plural houghes) The heel (rear of a foot) Synonym: hele The hough (bend of the knee) The hock or its meat. ===== Related terms ===== houghen hokschyne ===== Descendants ===== English: hough, hoff, hock Scots: hoch, houch ===== References ===== “hough, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Old English hōh (“promontory”), related to hōn (“to hang”). Reinforced by unrelated Old Norse haugr (“hill, mound”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ho, hogh, hoghe, how ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /hoː/, /huːx/ ==== Noun ==== hough promontory, cliff ===== Descendants ===== English: heugh; hoe, hogh, hough, how Scots: heuch ===== References ===== “hough, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.