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■ noun
1》 ( Brit. also hough ) the joint in a quadruped's hind leg between the knee and the fetlock.
2》 a knuckle of pork or ham.
Origin
ME: var. of hough .
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■ noun Brit. a dry white wine from the German Rhineland.
Origin
abbrev. of obs. ~amore , alt. of Ger. Hochheimer (Wein) '(wine) from Hochheim'.
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~ 3
■ verb informal pawn (an object).
Phrases
in ~ having been pawned.
↘in debt.
Origin
C19: from Du. hok 'hutch, prison, debt'.