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Definition of Houghed
1. hough [v] - See also: hough
Lexicographical Neighbors of Houghed
Literary usage of Houghed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1781)
"... Hatty houghed and pounded: or, ... introduced a queer allegory, ' Martin's
Hobby houghed and pounded,* has however made ..."
2. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1886)
"Again, " in their anger they houghed a bull." And mark the nicety of the ...
But as a young bull, so to speak, when houghed, sinks down to the ground, ..."
3. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts, Allan Menzies, Novatianus (1868)
"They slew men, and houghed the bull; by the strong bull he means Christ. And they
houghed, since, when He was suspended on the tree, they pierced through ..."
4. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"To MAK STEAD, to be of use ; E. to stand in stead, " Such cattle as would not
drive they houghed and slew, that they should never make stead. ..."
5. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Ernest Cushing Richardson, Bernhard Pick, Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Allan Menzies (1886)
"Again, " in their anger they houghed a bull." And mark the nicety of the ...
But as a young bull, so to speak, when houghed, sinks down to the ground, ..."
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