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1,130 words match “HOUGH”

HOUGH n. 4 definitions

Same as Hock, a joint.

AFORETHOUGHT a. 2 definitions

Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder. Bouvier.

AFTERTHOUGHT n.

Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.

Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though. Although all shall be offended, yet will no I. Mark xiv. 29.

imp. & p. p. of Bethink.

ng, slender, curved bill and red legs; -- also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard, Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough. Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.

FORETHOUGHT a. 2 definitions

Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. "Forethought malice." Bacon.

FORETHOUGHTFUL a.

Having forethought. [R.]

HIGHER THOUGHT n.

See New thought, below.

HOCK; HOUGH n. 3 definitions

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

LOW-THOUGHTED a.

Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects.

MERRYTHOUGHT n.

The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone. See Furculum.

Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error. [Obs.] Spenser.

ristian Science and (2) hypnotism or psychotherapy. Its central principle is affirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health, his finances, and his life by the adoption of a favorable mental attitude. AS a therapeutic doctrine it stands for silent and absent ment…

SHOUGH n. 2 definitions

THOUGH conj. 2 definitions

Granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if. Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. Job xiii. 15. Not that I so affirm, though so it seem. Milton.

THOUGHT n. 6 definitions

f thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation. Thought can not be superadded to matter, so as in any sense to render it true that matter can become cogitative. Dr. T. Dwight.

THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE n.

THOUGHTFUL a. 3 definitions

Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind. War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades. Pope.