Meaning of huxen | Babel Free

Definitions

The hough; the back of the hip.

West-Country, obsolete

Examples

“Or ſvveet Lady reach⟳ to me / The Abdomen of a Bee; / Or commend a Crickets-hip, / Or his Huckson, to my Scrip.”

“Thy hozen muxy up zo vurs thy gammerels to tha very huckſheens o' tha, thy gore coat oll a girred, thy head clathing oll a fouſt[…]”

“"Ers stratted‡ ter th' huxens§! Eh! come⟳ an' lack vor yersel," she screamed in a voice made inarticulate by her shrill and immodest laughter, as the unfortunate man waded at last⟳ out of the black water, and stood gazing dolefully at his dirty stockings and shoes.”

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