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Hough

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A variant of how.
  • See hock.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as hock, a joint.
  • transitive verb. To cut with a hoe.
  • transitive verb. Same as hock, to hamstring.
  • noun. An adz; a hoe.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Archaic spelling of hoe.
  • verb. Archaic spelling of hoe.
  • noun. the hollow behind the knee
  • verb. To hamstring
  • Word Usage
    "a kind of hough to break the ice, and make a sort of steps for the mules."
    Form
    houghed  houghing  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Slough  bluff  bruff  buff  cuff  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    adz  hamstring  hoe  
    variant
    hock