HOOVES

HOOF

hoof

(noun) the foot of an ungulate mammal

hoof

(noun) the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

hooves

plural of hoof

Source: Wiktionary


HOOF

Hoof, n.; pl. Hoofs, very rarely Hooves. Etym: [OE. hof, AS. hof; akin to D. hoef, G1huf, OHG. huof, Icel. hofr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. çapha. sq. root225.]

1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc. On burnished hooves his war horse trode. Tennyson.

2. A hoofed animal; a beast. Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind. Ex. x. 26.

3. (Geom.)

Definition: See Ungula.

Hoof, v. i.

1. To walk as cattle. [R.] William Scott.

2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.] To hoof it, to foot it.

HOOVE

Hoove, n. Etym: [Allied to heave, hove.]

Definition: A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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