Definition: hocus

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Hocus \Ho"cus\, v. t. [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.
Hocus \Ho"cus\, n.
   1. One who cheats or deceives. --South.

   2. Drugged liquor.