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1. [Brit] Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany
   - Rhine wine [Brit], Rhenish
    
2. Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
   - hock-joint, hough [Brit]

1. [N. Amer] Leave as a guarantee in return for money
   "hock your grandfather's gold watch";
   - pawn, soak
    
2. Disable by cutting the hock

Derived forms: hocked, hocks, hocking

Type of: articulatio, articulation, charge, consign, disable, handicap, incapacitate, invalid, joint, white wine

Part of: hind leg, hoofed mammal, ungulate

Encyclopedia: Hock, Robert