Hock

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·Alt. of Hough.

II. Hock ·vt To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to Hamstring; to Hough.

III. Hock ·noun A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.

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