† houxn.
Obsolete.
= houghs (see hough n.) or hocks (see hock n.2).
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1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 260 Alces..with..longe legges withowt any bowinge of theyr houx or pasternes.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxv. ii. 264 Our light armed companies..charging them behind, layd at the houx and backe parts as well of the beasts as the Persians themselves, and all to cut and hacked them.
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