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A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living. [U. S.] -- Ho"bo*ism (#), n.

See Hobnob.

A hautboy or oboe. [Obs.]

A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.

The crested curassow; -- called also royal pheasant. See Curassow.

Hotchpot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man.

A Rhenish wine. [Obs.] See Hock. Hudibras.

A holiday commemorating the expulsion of the Danes, formerly observed on the second Tuesday after Easter; -- called also hocktide. [Eng.] [Written also hokeday.]

A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.

The mallow.

To hamstring; to hock; to hough. Hanmer.

To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker. Dickens.

A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.

A kind of wooden tray with a handle, borne on the shoulder, for carrying mortar, brick, etc.

Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants. [Scot.]

See Dun crow, under Dun, a.

An awkward or foolish person. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot. Johnson.