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▪ I. † hough-sinew, n. Obs.
[OE. hóhsinu, f. hóh (see hough n.) + sinu sinew.
OE. hóhsinu corresponds in formation to OFris. hôxene, hoxne, ON. hásin, OHG. *hâhsina, hâhsna, MDu. haessene, Du. haassen, later haasse, haas, in same sense (OTeut. type *haŋha-sinu). The analytical meaning in OE. is ‘heel sinew’, but the quots. show it applied to the hamstrings of horses. The original long ō was shortened before the consonant group, so that it gave the later hoxen (hox), hockshin, huckson, huxen. The uncontracted form in late ME. and Sc. may be a new formation from the elements.]
The sinew of the hough or hock; applied, in man, to the popliteal tendons, or hamstrings, at the back of the knee; in a quadruped, to the tendon of Achilles.
c1000ælfric Josh. xi. 6 Þu soþlice forcirfst heora horsa hohsina. Ibid. 9 He forcearf þa hohsina ealra þæra horsa. c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 146 Gif hoh sino forad sie. a1430Wyclif's Bible 1 Chron. xviii. 4 (MS. Corpus Coll., Camb.) He oxide, that is, he kitte asonder the houȝ senues of alle the horsis. c1470Henry Wallace 1. 322 His houch [ed. 1570 hoch] senons thai cuttyt in that press: On kneis he faucht. 1513Douglas æneis x. xii. 29 Palmus hough sennonis [he] smayt in tuay.
▪ II. † hough-sinew, v. Obs.
[f. prec.: cf. OHG. hâhsinôn to hamstring, f. *hâhsina, hâhsna (see prec.), also hoxen v.]
trans. To hough, to hamstring.
1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 1033/2 The rebelles..when they were thrust through the bodies or thighs, and some of them hough-sinewed, would yet seeke revenge in striking at their adversaries. 1590Cokaine Treat. Hunting D j b, Your Huntsmen must be carefull to..houghsnew him with their swords. 1609Bible (Douay) Josh. xi. 6 Their horses thou shalt hoghsinew. |