2. Verb. (third-person singular of hough) ¹
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Definition of Houghs
1. hough [v] - See also: hough
Lexicographical Neighbors of Houghs
Literary usage of Houghs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... which naturally partake The fatness of the soil, (in many a slimy lake Their
roots so deeply soak'd) send from their stocky houghs Л ..."
2. Annual Report (1912)
"houghs NECK, QUINCY. Petition of the Quincy Yacht Club, and others, for dredging
an anchorage basin near the mouth of Weymouth Fore River, at houghs Neck, ..."
3. Guenon on Milch Cows: A Treatise Upon the Bovine Species in General by Franco̧is Guènon (1883)
"The escutcheon starts from the middle of the four teats, extends within and above
the houghs, ascending and expanding over the thighs as far as the points, ..."
4. The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700 by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, John Eames, John Martyn (1716)
"... near the adjoyning Eminency that the Saxons call'd Haws or houghs ; and the
Woid is yet retain'd in fome parts of ..."
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