Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines. 2. (n.) Alt. of Hough. 3. (v. t.) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia HOCK (`aqar, "to root out"): To hamstring, i.e. to render useless by cutting the tendons of the hock (in the King James Version and the English Revised Version "hough"). "In their selfwill they hocked an ox" (Genesis 49:6, the King James Version "digged down a wall"), in their destructiveness maiming those which they could not carry off: See also Joshua 11:6, 9 2 Samuel 8:4.

Multi-Version Concordance Hock (1 Occurrence) Joshua 11:6 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them; for to-morrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hock their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. (ASV)