6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoof \Hoof\, n.
{On the hoof}, of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not
slaughtered. Hook \Hook\, n. (Geog.)
A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at
the outer end as Sandy Hook.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cloven \Clo"ven\, p. p. & a.
from {Cleave}, v. t.
{To show the cloven foot} or {hoof}, to reveal a devilish
character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding
disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and
symbolically as having cloven hoofs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoof \Hoof\, n.; pl {Hoofs}, very rarely {Hooves}. [OE. hof,
AS h[=o]f; akin to D. hoef, G1huf, OHG. huof, Icel. h[=o]fr,
Sw hof, Dan. hov; cf Russ. kopuito Skr. [,c]apha.
[root]225.]
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.) See {Ungula}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoof \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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hoof
n : the horny end of the foot in hoofed animals
v : informal or colloquial synonyms of 'walk' " [syn: {foot}, {leg
it}, {hoof it}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hoof
a cleft hoof as of neat cattle (Ex. 10:26; Ezek. 32:13); hence
also of the horse, though not cloven (Isa. 5:28). The "parting
of the hoof" is one of the distinctions between clean and
unclean animals (Lev. 11:3; Deut. 14:7).
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