Hough

  • 21Hough Green railway station — Infobox UK station name = Hough Green manager = Northern Rail locale = Hough Green borough = Halton pte = Merseytravel zone = A2 events = years = code = HGN platforms = 2 lowusage0405 = 139,810 lowusage0506 = 145,227 lowusage0607 = 143,556… …

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  • 22Hough-on-the-Hill — infobox UK place country = England official name= Hough on the Hill latitude= 53.0075 longitude= 0.6212 population = 496 shire district= South Kesteven shire county = Lincolnshire region= East Midlands constituency westminster= Grantham and… …

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  • 23Hough function — In applied mathematics, the Hough functions are the eigenfunctions of Laplace s tidal equations which govern fluid motion on a rotating sphere. As such, they are relevant in geophysics and meteorology where they form part of the solutions for… …

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  • 24hough — /hok/; Scot. /hokh/, n. 1. Scot. hock1 (defs. 1, 2). v.t. 2. Scot. to hamstring. v.i. 3. Brit. Dial. Obs. to clear the throat; hack. [1300 50; ME; see HOCK1] * * * …

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  • 25Hough — /huf/, n. Emerson, 1857 1923, U.S. novelist. * * * …

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  • 26hough — 1. noun /hɒk,hɒx/ the hollow behind the knee , 1922: In the bright light, lightened and cooled in limb, he eyed carefully his black trousers, the ends, the knees, the houghs of the knees. James Joyce, Ulysses 2. verb /hɒk,hɒx/ To hamstring …

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  • 27Hough —    To hamstring, i.e., sever the tendon of Achilles of the hinder legs of captured horses (Josh. 11:6; 2 Sam. 8:4; 1 Chr. 18:4), so as to render them useless …

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  • 28hough — North Country (Newcastle) Words to throw any thing under the thigh. Hoff, or hock, is also used for the limb itself …

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  • 29hough — n. lower part of the thigh; small cut of meat from the area just above the foot; cut of beef used in stew (Scottish food); hoe; adz v. hamstring; (British Slang) clear the throat; hack (Slang); cut with a hoe …

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  • 30hough — [hɒk] noun Brit. variant spelling of hock1 (in sense 1). ↘a joint of meat consisting of the part extending from the hock some way up the leg. Origin OE hōh heel , of Gmc origin; related to heel1 …

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