HOCK

I. noun Etymology: Middle English hoch, hough, from Old English hōh heel; akin to Old Norse hāsin ~ Date: 1540 1. the tarsal joint or region in the hind limb of a digitigrade quadruped (as the horse) corresponding to the human ankle but elevated and bending backward, a joint of a fowl's leg that corresponds to the ~ of a quadruped, a small cut of meat from a front or hind leg just above the foot , II. noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: modification of German Hochheimer, from Hochheim, Germany Date: circa 1625 Rhine wine 1, III. transitive verb Etymology: 4~ Date: 1878 pawn , ~er noun IV. noun Etymology: Dutch hok pen, prison Date: 1883 1. pawn II,2 , debt 3 , prison