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Synonyms for hock

to give or deposit as a pawn

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Synonyms for hock

any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage)

tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals

leave as a guarantee in return for money

disable by cutting the hock

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Michael was for growing restless at such searching examination, but Daughtry, in the midst of feeling out the lines and build of the thighs and hocks, paused and took Michael's tail in his magic fingers, exploring the muscles among which it rooted, pressing and prodding the adjacent spinal column from which it sprang, and twisting it about in a most daringly intimate way.
Round full quarters - a thin long tail - large hocks - thin legs, as dry as bars of steel - hoofs hard as marble.
Those on the hind feet he secured not only by tightening the draw strings but also rigged garters that fastened tightly around the legs above the hocks. He secured the front-feet bags in place similarly above the great knees.
Now, with all this fine fancy business and rearing, which must be very bad for your hocks, what do you do?"
Gray has figured one specimen with very distinct zebra-like bars on the hocks.
The detached tone of Aw's first-person narrator, Ah Hock; the fleeting impressions of societal contradiction and injustice that govern his life; the catalytic presence of a supposed friend and petty criminal, Keong; and, most of all, the fact that Ah Hock seems recently to have committed a random murder make him a close cousin to Camus's feckless, emotionally stunted Meursault, whose own drift into senseless killing provided the model for the existential antihero of the 1950s and 1960s.
The RSPCA warned there are worrying levels of the condition - known as hock burn and caused by the ammonia in waste.
GARETH HOCK almost joined treble winners Leeds Rhinos before the start of this season.
Concurrently, the company has appointed Stacy Hock and Rhonda Rhyne to its board of directors.
INGREDIENTS 300g split peas (green are traditional for this Finnish recipe, but yellow are fine) Pinch of bicarbonate of soda 1 small ham hock 1 onion, stuck with 2 cloves 2 bay leaves 1 blade of mace 1 onion, diced 1 carrot, diced 1tbsp hot mustard 100ml whipping or double cream (optional) Freshly ground black pepper METHOD SOAK the peas overnight in a big bowl of cold water with a pinch of bicarbonate of soda - bicarb helps to soften pulses.
This week, chef Lee Myers of The Whitehouse Restaurant in Lochaline shows you how to make Smoked Ham Hock Terrine.?
I remember being a child and my mum making a big pot of soup simmering away on top of the cooker with a ham hock plonked in the middle of the pot.