Part 5328

<h1>Hoboy</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Ho"boy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A hautboy or oboe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Hobson's choice</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hob"son's choice"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.</def>

<note>&hand; It is said to have had its origin in the name of one <i>Hobson</i>, at Cambridge, England, who let horses, and required every customer to take in his turn the horse which stood next the stable door.</note>

<h1>Hocco</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hoc"co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The crested curassow; -- called also <altname>royal pheasant</altname>. See <er>Curassow</er>.</def>

<h1>Hochepot</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hoche"pot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Hotchpot.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Hock</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called from <ets>Hoch</ets>heim, in Germany.]</ety> <def>A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.</def>

<mhw><h1>Hock, Hough</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hock</hw>, <hw>Hough</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[ AS. <ets>h<?/h</ets> the heel; prob. akin to Icel. <ets>h\'besinn</ets> hock sinew, Dan. <ets>hasc</ets>, G. <ets>hechse</ets>, <ets>h\'84chse</ets>, LG. <ets>hacke</ets>, D.<ets>hak</ets>; also to L. <ets>coxa</ets> hip (cf. <er>Cuisses</er>), Skr. <ets>kaksha</ets> armpit. &root;12. Cf. <er>Heel</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The popliteal space; the ham.</def>

<h1>Hock</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hock</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.</def>

<h1>Hockamore</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hock"a*more</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 1st <er>Hock</er>.]</ety> <def>A Rhenish wine. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Hock</er>.</def>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Hockday</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hock"day`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>h&omac;cor</ets> mockery, scorn.]</ety> <def>A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also <altname>hocktide</altname>.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hokeday</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Hockey</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hock"ey</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Hook</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The stick used by the players.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>hookey</asp> and <asp>hawkey</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Hockherb</h1> <Xpage=697>

<hw>Hock"herb`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The mallow.</def>

<h1>Hockle</h1> <Xpage=697>