HOCUSING

Verb

hocusing

present participle of hocus

Anagrams

• chousing

Source: Wiktionary


HOCUS

Ho"cus, v. t. Etym: [See Hocus-pocus.]

1. To deceive or cheat. Halliwell.

2. To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker. Dickens.

3. To stupefy with drugged liquor. Thackeray.

Ho"cus, n.

1. One who cheats or deceives. South.

2. Drugged liquor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HUDDLED

(adjective) crowded or massed together; “give me...your huddled masses”; “the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind”


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