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A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
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The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
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Meat from that part of a food animal.
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To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
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To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
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To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly
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To cough heavily, esp. causing uvular frication.
Examples of hocks in a Sentence
The limbs, woolled to the knees and hocks, are clean below.
There are the neat and elegant animals, like the descendants of Saunterer and Sweetmeat; the large-framed, plain-looking, and heavy-headed Melbournes, often with lop ears; the descendants of Birdcatcher, full of quality, and of more than average stature, though sometimes disfigured with curby hocks; and the medium-sized but withal speedy descendants of Touchstone, though in some cases characterized by somewhat loaded shoulders.
The defective formation of the pony, the perpendicular shoulder and the drooping hind quarters, are modified; but neither the latter, nor bent hocks, which place the hind legs under the body as in the zebra, are objected to, as the conformation is favourable to rapid turning.
They stand on short stout legs, with a plentiful covering - sometimes too abundant - of long hair extending chiefly down the back but also round the front of the limbs from knees and hocks, and when in full feather obscuring nearly the whole of the hoofs.
Garnish the pork hocks with fresh coriander, and serve with the apple and almond couscous.
What to look out for Of course, not all rabbits develop sore hocks!
Stuart has indicated that there may be an issue with the 3-4 bend as 3 dogs had suffered broken hocks on this bend.
Hind Legs The thighs should be strong and muscular with well shaped, strong hocks, neither hooky nor too straight.
Muscular and powerful hindlegs should have low hocks that are perpendicular to the ground.
The hocks should flex under the body to provide the forward propulsion.
The only problem Ive had with the cage was with one female who got sore hocks from walking on the shelves.
Cow hocks, weak pasterns, straight stifles, and splay feet are very bad faults.
As regards general form, the most distinctive feature is the great relative length of the tail, which reaches the hocks, and is donkey-like rather than deer-like in form.
Hocks that turn in.