Hock-day, hok′-dā, n. an old English festival held on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter Sunday, one of the chief customs being the seizing and binding of passengers until they gave money for their liberty, Monday the men by the women, Tuesday the women by the men.—Also Hock′-tide.
Hockey, hok′i, n. a game at ball played with a club or stick curved at one end, shinty.—Also Hook′ey. [Prob. O. Fr. hoquet, a crook.]
Hockey, hok′i, n. (prov.) harvest-home, the harvest-supper.—Also Hawk′ey, Hork′ey.
Hockle, hok′l, v.t. to hamstring. [See Hough.]
Hocus-pocus, hō′kus-pō′kus, n. a juggler: a juggler's trick.—v.t. Hō′cus, to cheat: to stupefy with drink: to drug:—pr.p. hō′cussing; pa.p. hō′cussed. [The meaningless gibberish of a juggler—no reference to 'hoc est corpus.']
Hod, hod, n. a kind of trough borne on the shoulder, for carrying bricks and mortar: a coal-scuttle: a pewterer's blowpipe.—n. Hod′man, a man who carries a hod: a mason's labourer. [A variant of prov. hot; cf. Fr. hotte, a basket.]
Hoddengray, hod′n-grā, n. coarse cloth made of undyed wool.—adj. Hodd′en, wearing hoddengray: rustic.—n. hoddengray. [Prob. a form of holden, kept, reserved, and gray.]
Hoddle, hod′l, v.i. (Scot.) to waddle.
Hodge, hoj, n. a countryman, rustic. [Hodge, corr. from Roger.]
Hodgepodge, hoj′poj, n. (see Hotchpotch).—n. Hodge′-pudd′ing (Shak.), a pudding made of a mass of ingredients mixed together.