单词 | hock-bone |
释义 | > as lemmashock-bone attributive and in other combinations, as hock action, hock-bone, hock-end, hock-joint, etc.; hock-deep adj. ΚΠ 1641 W. Prynne Antipathie 2 Odo apprehends her the second time, and cuts off her sinewes at the hock bone. 1865 H. H. Dixon Field & Fern: South i. 7 Sir Walter had forgotten none of his beautiful hock action. 1868 ‘Ouida’ Tricotrin (1877) I. 75 The horses of the wagon..stood..hock-deep in grass and rushes. 1874 M. A. Ward Outl. Zool. 42 The hock-joint, containing six bones, viz., astragalus, os calcis, cuboid, and three cuneiform, corresponds to our ankle-joint. < as lemmas |
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