Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To hamstring.
- To mow, as stubble.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To hamstring; to hock; to hough.
- transitive verb To mow, as stubble.
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- noun Geordie, vulgar
spit ,spittle - verb Geordie To
spit . - verb transitive To
hamstring ; tohock ; tohough ; to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham. - verb transitive To
mow , as stubble. - noun A knob in
cordage caused by twisting against thelay . - verb To damage cordage by twisting against the lay.
Etymologies
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Probably onomatopoeic.
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From imperfect and past participle hockled; from present participle and verbal noun hockling. From hock.
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Probably from hackle, a brush once used for fraying flax, and related to heckle ("to tease").
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