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  • hough: (Scots English) hock, the part of an animal's (especially horse's) leg that corresponds to an ankle (or wrist)
  • hough: the hollow behind the knee; "In the bright light, lightened and cooled in limb, he eyed carefully his black trousers, the ends, the knees, the houghs of the knee." — Ulysses
  • hough: to hamstring
  • hough: adze, hoe