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† ˈhockshin Obs. or dial.
In 4 hokschyne, 7 huckson, 8 hucksheen.
[app. repr. OE. hóhsinu, pl. hóhsina, hough-sinew, with the ó shortened by position, and the second element associated with shin.]
The under side of the thigh; the hough.
c1394P. Pl. Crede 426 His hosen ouerhongen his hokschynes on eueriche a side. 1648Herrick Hesperides, Beggar to Mab, Commend a crickets-hip, Or his huckson to my scrip. 1746Exmoor Scolding 154 (E.D.S.) Thy Hozen muxy up zo vurs thy Gammerels to tha very Hucksheens o' tha. 1778Ibid. Gloss., The Hucksheens the Legs up to the Hams, or Hocks. 1886Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Huckshins, the hock-shins; under-side of the thighs just above the bend of the knee. |