† ˈhockshin Obs. or dial.
In 4 hokschyne, 7 huckson, 8 hucksheen.
[app. repr. OE. hóhsinu, pl. hóhsina, hough-sinew, with the ó shortened by position, and the second element associated with shin.]
The under side of the thigh; the hough.
| c 1394 P. Pl. Crede 426 His hosen ouerhongen his hokschynes on eueriche a side. 1648 Herrick Hesperides, Beggar to Mab, Commend a crickets-hip, Or his huckson to my scrip. 1746 Exmoor Scolding 154 (E.D.S.) Thy Hozen muxy up zo vurs thy Gammerels to tha very Hucksheens o' tha. 1778 Ibid. Gloss., The Hucksheens the Legs up to the Hams, or Hocks. 1886 Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Huckshins, the hock-shins; under-side of the thighs just above the bend of the knee. |