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MacLaren died, and about the same time his cattle were houghed, and his live stock destroyed in a barbarous manner.

Rob Roy 2005

There lies the trophy of my sword, that good grey gelding, whom I heartily wish upon his legs again, conditioning his master lay there houghed in his place.

Ivanhoe 2004

And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them a hundred chariots.

1 Chronicles 18. 1999

And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

Joshua 11. 1999

And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.

2 Samuel 8. 1999

-- Ed. [201] The marginal reading of our Bible for "they digged down a wall," is "they houghed oxen."

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and he houghed all the chariot horses, only a hundred chariots, which he reserved for himself.

The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous

There is another annoyance -- the risk of valuable cattle being houghed or otherwise mutilated; a risk calling for incessant watchfulness.

Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker

In the first, because of the large sums obliged to be levied off them, as compensation to those whose cattle were maliciously houghed, or whose houses were burned; and in the latter, because of the great boon (the grant to improve the river) bestowed on Ireland by that government of which Lord Normanby was a prominent member.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Various

And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and houghed all the chariot horses: and only reserved of them for one hundred chariots.

The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous