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1 definition found 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}.
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