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haick
haick
n : a outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth;
worn by men and women in northern Africa [syn: {haik}]


hick
hick
adj : awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys";
"rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of
Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" [syn: {bumpkinly},
{rustic}, {unsophisticated}]

hick
n : not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: {yokel},
{rube}, {yahoo}, {hayseed}, {bumpkin}, {chawbacon}]


hock
hock
n 1: any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in
Germany (`hock' is British usage) [syn: {Rhine wine}, {Rhenish}]
2: tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds
to the human ankle
v 1: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your
grandfather's gold watch" [syn: {pawn}, {soak}]
2: disable by cutting the hock


Holcus
Holcus
n : a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America
[syn: {genus Holcus}]


hooks
hooks
n : large strong hand (as of a fighter); "wait till I get my
hooks on him" [syn: {meat hooks}, {maulers}]


quickset
quickset
adj : grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground; "a
quickset hawthorn hedge" [syn: {quickset(a)}]
n : cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for
hedges or vines; "a quickset of a vine planted in a
vineyard"


thickset
thickset
adj 1: heavy and compact in form or stature; "a wrestler of compact
build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a
thick middle-aged man"; "a thickset young man" [syn: {compact},
{heavyset}, {stocky}, {thick}]
2: planted or growing close together; "thickset trees"


tricksy
tricksy
adj : marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme";
"a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dik";
"a wily old attorney" [syn: {crafty}, {cunning}, {dodgy},
{foxy}, {guileful}, {knavish}, {slick}, {sly}, {tricky},
{wily}]
[also: {tricksiest}, {tricksier}]

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