hock

v. t. 1. To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pawn; as, to hock one's jewelry. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The state of having been pawned; usually preceded by in; as, all her jewelry is in hock. [ PJC ]

2. The state of being in debt; as, it took him two years to get out of hock. [ PJC ]

n. [ See 1st Hock. ] A Rhenish wine. [ Obs. ] See Hock. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. hōcor mockery, scorn. ] A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide. [ Eng. ] [ Written also hokeday. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Hook, n. ] 1. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The stick used by the players. [ Written also hookey and hawkey. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The mallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hockled p. pr. & vb. n. Hockling ] [ From 2d Hock. ] 1. To hamstring; to hock; to hough. Hanmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mow, as stubble. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]