HOX
noun1
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences hypohalous acid
hox
verbalso spelled HOXEtymology Inherited from Middle English hoxen, reduction or back-formation of earlier hoxenen, from the noun *hoxene (only attested as hokschyne, with alteration after schyne), from Old English hōhsinu, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hasinu, from Proto-Germanic *hanhasinwō, from *hanhaz (“heel”) + *senawō (“sinew”). Compare hough, huxen, and sinew.
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Obsolete To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.
- To bide upon't: thou art not honest; or / If thou inclin'st that way, thou art a coward, / Which hoxes honesty behind, restraining / From course required.c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, act 1, scene 2:
- Hypernyms
- disable