Middle English Dictionary Entry
hough n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | hough n.(2) Also houȝ, houh, hogh, hoȝ, hoche, (error) hegh & houe & họ̄. |
| Etymology | OE hōh (infl. hō) heel, hough. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of man: (a) the heel; (b) the hollow or bend of the knee, hough; ?also, the knee; (c) ?haunch, ?groin, ?hip; ~ bon, hipbone.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)68/40 : I schal don tormenti þi bodi fram heued to þin ho.
- c1300 SLeg.Marg.(Hrl 2277)160 : He ȝenede & gan his ouere cheoke ouer hire heued do & his nyþer cheoke byneþe at hire ho.
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)152/118 : Sorwe & sor him be[o] next fram toppe to þe ho [Hrl: to].
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)361 : Þe Jewes token alle xii..Made hem naked as a nedel to þe neþer houe.
b
- c1350 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Hrl 740:Koch)p.66 : Howghe [Cmb: hammes; glossing AF: karrez].
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3150 : Sum ware þe handis of hewen, & sum wondid hoȝes.
- a1485 *Vegetius(1) (Roy 18.A.12) : Houghes [L poplites; Dc fol. 14a: now to þe visage, now to þe sides, now to þe þies, now to þe howheles].
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)3151 : Some þe lygez wantyd, Some þe hoghez.
c
- ?c1450 Trivet Constance (Harv Eng.938)p.224 : The pestilence of the fflank, that ys to sey the hoche.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)821/18 : Or ever he myght gete frome hys horse, the bore smote hym on the brawne of the thyghe up unto the howghe-boone.
2.
(a) Of quadrupeds: the hock; ~ sineue [OE hōh-sinu], hamstring, Achilles tendon; (b) cook. a cut of meat consisting of the knuckle joint and adjacent parts.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.11 : Oonliche þe hoo [L ungula..equina!] of an hors foot myȝte it holde.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1357 : Þay..henged þenne a[y]þer bi hoȝes of þe fourchez.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)58 : A rennyng hounde shuld..have..greet hynder legges and þe heghes [F jarrez] streigh and not bowed.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)62 : Þe hoghes [F jarrez] streight, and not crompyng as of an oxe.
- a1450 WBible(2) (Corp-C 147)1 Par.18.4 fn. : He kitte asonder the houȝ senues of [Roy: he hoxide alle the horsis; WB(1): he kutte the knee senewis of alle the hors].
b
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)25 : Take howhys of Vele.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)37 : Take an howe of vele.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)51 : Take hoghes of Venyson.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)86 : Take hoȝos of fele [vr. houghys of veel].