| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To hamstring; to hock; to hough.[Websters]
2. To mow, as stubble.[Websters] 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: hockling, hockled, hockles, hockler, hocklers, hocklingly and hockledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HOCKLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Note: Hockle \Hoc"kle\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Hockled; present participle verb or noun Hockling.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HOCKLE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To hamstring; to hough; to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Etymology 1] A knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay. (references) | 2: [Etymology 1] To damage cordage by twisting against the lay. (references) | 3: [Etymology 2] (transitive) To hamstring; to hock; to hough; to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham. (references) | 4: [Etymology 2] (transitive) To mow, as stubble. (references) | 5: [Etymology 3] (Geordie) To spit. (references) | 6: [Etymology 3] (Geordie, vulgar) spit, spittle. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
