1. A mediocre and disdained writer; SYN. hack writer, literary hack.
2. One who works hard at boring tasks; SYN. drudge, hacker.
3. A saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
4. An old or over-worked horse; SYN. jade, nag, plug.
5. A horse kept for hire.

ETYM Old Fren. hoe, French houe; of German origin, cf. Old High Germ. houwa, howa, German haue, from Old High Germ. houwan to hew. Related to Hew to cut.
(Homonym: ho).
A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.

ETYM as. mattuc; cf. w. matog.
A kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat baled set at right angles to the handle.
Pickaxe for loosening soil.

Hoe, mattock, tool for spreading soil; small hammer, pick, tool for breaking up soil