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Cachetic (health) and hough(1) (iou)


Cachetic (health)


Common misspelling of cachectic.





hough(1) (iou)



hough noun. Long chiefly Scot. See also HOCK noun2
[Old English hoh from Germanic, shortened as 1st elem. of hohsinu (= hough-sinew below). Cf. HOE noun1.]
Orig., a person's heel. Later, (the part of the thigh adjacent to) the hollow part behind a person's knee-joint. OE.
= HOCK noun2 1. LME.
A joint of meat consisting of the part extending from the hock some way up the leg. Cf. HOCK noun2 2. LME.
Comb.: hough-sinew noun & verb [corresp. to Old Norse hasin] (a) noun a person's hamstring, an animal's Achilles tendon; (b) verb trans. hamstring.