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2. Drugged liquor.

Ho"cus-po"cus (?), n. [Prob. invented by jugglers in imitation of Latin. Cf. Hoax, Hocus.] 1. A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.

2. A juggler or trickster. Sir T. Herbert.

3. A juggler's trick; a cheat; nonsense. Hudibras.

Ho"cus-po"cus, v. t. To cheat. [Colloq.] L'Estrange.

Hod (?), n. [Prov. E. for hold, i. e., that which holds. See Hold.] 1. A kind of wooden tray with a handle, borne on the shoulder, for carrying mortar, brick, etc.

2. A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle.

Hod"den*gray` (?), a. [Perh. akin to E. hoiden rustic, clownish.] Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants. [Scot.]

Hod"dy (?), n. [Prob. for hooded.] (Zoˆl.) See Dun crow, under Dun, a.

Hod"dy*dod`dy (?), n. [Prob. E. also hoddypeke, hoddypoule, hoddymandoddy.] An awkward or foolish person. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Hodge"podge` (?), n. A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot. Johnson.

Hodg`kin's dis*ease" (?). (Med.) A morbid condition characterized by progressive anÊmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.

{ Ho"di*ern (?), Ho`di*er"nal (?), } a. [L. hodiernus, fr. hodie today.] Of this day; belonging to the present day. [R.] Boyle. Quart. Rev.

Hod"man (?), n.; pl. Hodmen(&?;). A man who carries a hod; a mason's tender.

Hod"man*dod (?), n. [Obs.] See Dodman. Bacon.

Hod"o*graph (?), n. [Gr.&?; path + graph.] (Math.) A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces.

Ho*dom"e*ter (?), n. See Odometer.

Hoe (?), n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See Hew to cut.] 1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.

2. (Zoˆl.) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.

Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade. -- Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator.

Hoe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoeing.] [Cf. F. houer.] To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, to hoe corn.

To hoe one's row, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]

Hoe, v. i. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.

Hoe"cake` (?), n. A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe. [Southern U.S.]

Hoe"moth`er (?), n. [A local Orkney name; cf. Icel. hr.] (Zoˆl.) The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver.

Ho"ful (?), a. [AS. hogful, hohful, fr. hogu care, anxiety.] Careful; wary. [Obs.] Stapleton.

Hog (?), n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Cf. Haggis, Hogget, and Hoggerel.] 1. (Zoˆl.) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of SuidÊ; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.

The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from Sus Indicus.