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Definition of hockle in English English dictionary
- spit, spittle
- A knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay
- To spit
- To damage cordage by twisting against the lay
- To hamstring; to hock; to hough; to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham
- To mow, as stubble
- {v} to cut the hoct, to hamstring
- To hamstring; to hock; to hough
hockle
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hock·lePronunciation
Etymology
() Probably from hackle, a brush once used for fraying flax, and related to heckle (“to tease”).Resimler
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