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Webster 1913 Edition


Hockle

Hoc′kle

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hockled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hockling
.]
[From 2d
Hock
.]
1.
To hamstring; to hock; to hough.
Hanmer.
2.
To mow, as stubble.
Mason.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hockle

HOCK'LE

,
Verb.
T.
To hamstring; to hough; to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.

Definition 2024


hockle

hockle

English

Noun

hockle (plural hockles)

  1. A knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay.

Verb

hockle (third-person singular simple present hockles, present participle hockling, simple past and past participle hockled)

  1. To damage cordage by twisting against the lay.

Etymology 2

From imperfect and past participle hockled; from present participle and verbal noun hockling. From hock.

Verb

hockle (third-person singular simple present hockles, present participle hockling, simple past and past participle hockled)

  1. (transitive) To hamstring; to hock; to hough; to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.
  2. (transitive) To mow, as stubble.

Etymology 3

Probably onomatopoeic.

Noun

hockle (uncountable)

  1. (Geordie, vulgar) spit, spittle

Verb

hockle (third-person singular simple present hockles, present participle hocklin, simple past and past participle hockled)

  1. (Geordie) To spit.

References

  • hockle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • hockle” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.