HOCUS-POCUS, h[=o]'kus-p[=o]'kus, _n._ a juggler: a juggler's
trick.--_v.t._ H[=O]'CUS, to cheat: to stupefy with drink: to
drug:--_pr.p._ h[=o]'cussing; _pa.p._ h[=o]'cussed. [The meaningless
gibberish of a juggler--no reference to '_hoc est corpus_.']
HOD, hod, _n._ a kind of trough borne on the shoulder, for carrying bricks
and mortar: a coal-scuttle: a pewterer's blowpipe.--_n._ HOD'MAN, a man who
carries a hod: a mason's labourer. [A variant of prov. _hot_; cf. Fr.
_hotte_, a basket.]
HODDENGRAY, hod'n-gr[=a], _n._ coarse cloth made of undyed wool.--_adj._
HODD'EN, wearing hoddengray: rustic.--_n._ hoddengray. [Prob. a form of
_holden_, kept, reserved, and _gray_.]
HODDLE, hod'l, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to waddle.