2. Verb. (third-person singular of hock) ¹
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Definition of Hocks
1. hock [v] - See also: hock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hocks
Literary usage of Hocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Horses: Including the Law of Innkeepers, Veterinary Surgeons, Etc by George Henry Hewitt Oliphant, Clement Elphinstone Lloyd (1882)
"Curby hocks But if a Horse throw out a Curb immediately after nota°^n" sale, it
is no breach of a warranty of soundness, even if he had Curby hocks at the ..."
2. The Exterior of the Horse by Armand Goubaux, Gustave Barrier (1892)
"Rotating hocks.—Horses of the heavy-draught or the lighter types quite frequently
present this outward rotation of the hocks, for which there is no remedy; ..."
3. Horses & Stables by Frederic Wellington Fitzwygram (1911)
"The hocks should be neither straight (Plate 23, figure 1), nor overmuch bent ...
If the hocks are placed too far behind (figure 3) there will be a want of ..."
4. The Training and Breaking of Horses by Merritt Wesley Harper (1918)
"Capped hocks. — The colt in training frequently injures his hocks in kicking or
by striking them across the cross-bar, which results in a growth over the ..."
5. The Principles and Practice of Veterinary Surgery by William Williams (1894)
"... found in very upright or in very crooked hocks, and in weak hocks of any
description ; because in all these forms concussion is most severely felt, ..."
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