hockle

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To hamstring.
2. To mow, as stubble.

Wiktionary

1. n. A knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay.
2. n. spit, spittle
3. v. To damage cordage by twisting against the lay.
4. v. To hamstring; to hock; to hough; to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.
5. v. To mow, as stubble.
6. v. To spit.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To hamstring; to hock; to hough.
2. v. To mow, as stubble.