Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: HO'BIT – HOE
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HO'BIT, n. [Sp. hobus; G. haubitze.]
A small mortar, or short gun for throwing bombs. [See Howitzer, the common orthography.]
HOB'LIKE, a.
Clownish; boorish. Colgrave.
HOB'NAIL, n. [G. hufnagel, hoof-nail.]
- A nail with a thick strong head, for shoeing horses. Shak.
- A clownish person; in contempt. Milton.
HOB'NAIL-ED, a.
Set with hobnails; rough. Dryden.
HOB'NOB, adv. [Qu. Sax. habban, næbban, have, not have.]
Take, or not take; a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking. Shak.
HOB-O-MOK'KO, n.
Among American Indians, an evil spirit.
HO'BOY, n.
See HAUTBOY.
HOBSON'S-CHOICE, n. [Hobson's choice.]
A vulgar proverbial expression, denoting without an alternative. It is said to have had its origin in the name of a person who let horses and coaches, and obliged every customer to take in his turn that horse which stood next the stable door. Encyc.
HOCK, n.1 [Sax. hoh. See Hough.]
- The joint of an animal between the knee and the fetlock. Johnson.
- A part of the thigh.
HOCK, n.2 [from Hochheim, in Germany.]
A sort of Rhenish wine; sometimes called hockamore. Mortimer.
HOCK, or HOCK'LE, v.t.
To hamstring; to hough; to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.
High day; a day of feasting and mirth, formerly held in England the second Tuesday after Easter, to commemorate the destruction of the Danes in the time of Ethelred. Encyc.
HOCK'ED, pp.
Hamstrung; disabled by cutting the tendons of the ham.
HOCK'EY, n. [G. hoch, Sax. heah, high. Qu.]
Harvest-home. [Not used.]
HOCK'HERB, n.
A plant, the mallows. Ainsworth.
HOCK'LE, v.t.
- To hamstring. Hanmer.
- To mow. Mason.
HO-CUS-PO'CUS, n. [HO-CUS PO'CUS. W. hoced, a cheat or trick, and perhaps bwg or pwca, a hobgoblin.]
A juggler; a juggler's trick; a cheat used by conjurers. Hudibras.
HO-CUS-PO'CUS, v.t.
To cheat. L'Estrange.
HOD, n. [Fr. hotte.]
A kind of tray for carrying mortar and brick, used in bricklaying. It is fitted with a handle and borne on the shoulder.
HOD'DY-DOD-DY, n.
An awkward or foolish person. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
HODGE'-PODGE, or HOTCH'-POTCH, n. [Qu. Fr. hocher, to shake, or hachis, minced meat.]
A mixed mass; a medley of ingredients. [Vulgar.] [See Hotchpot.]
HO-DI-ERN'AL, a. [L. hodiernus, from hodie, hoc die, this day.]
Of this day; belonging to the present day.
HOD'MAN, n.
A man who carries a hod; a mason's tender.
HOD'MAN-DOD, n.
- A shell-fish, otherwise called dodman. Bacon.
- A shell-snail.
HOE, n. [ho; G. haue; Sw. hacka, and this is the Dan. hakke, G. hacke, a mattock; Fr. houe. It seems this is from the root of hack and hew; Sax. heawian; D. houwen; G. hacken, Sw. hacka, Dan. hakker, to chop, to hack, to hew; Fr. houer.]
A farmer's instrument for cutting up weeds and loosening the earth in fields and gardens. It is in shape something like an adz, being a plate of iron, with an eye for a handle, which is set at an acute angle with the plate.