Middle English Dictionary Entry
hok(ke n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | hok(ke n.(2) Also hoke, hock. |
| Etymology | ?Var. of hough n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The hock of a dog's leg; (b) ~ bon, the hipbone of a horse; (c) ~ shines [cp. hough-sineue & shine shin], ?the ankles, ?the backs of the knees.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)54 : Of þe hynder legges, men shuld lat hem [hounds] blood in þe voynes þat gon ouerwerte abouyn þe hokkes.
b
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)7116 : This lyon..ouer-toke hym [the horse] and..That flessch and skyn of hys hokebon Wyth his pawe dyd arace; The hors there-wyth..Wyth hys hynder-feete at hym lete flyen.
c
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)426 : His hosen ouerhongen his hokschynes [vr. hockshynes] on eueriche a side, Al beslombred in fen as he þe plow folwede.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1486 Sln.Bk.Hawking (Sln 3488)144 : Fore al hoke foted fowles leggeth in kinde speking.
Note: New sense
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. huck bone.