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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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