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noun

Hoof n. (pl. hoofs, very rarely hooves)

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."

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

(Geom.) See Ungula.

verb

Hoof v. i.

To walk as cattle. (R.)

To be on a tramp; to foot. (Slang, U.S.)

To hoof it, to foot it.

On the hoof, of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not slaughtered.

beef on the hoof, live cattle.

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Etymology of 'Hoof'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hoof" Quotes from Famous Books

... friends. Do you see that mark on the rocky platform overhead? I noticed it as soon as I got here. It made me think of a wild spot in the Hartz Mountains where there is just such a mark. The people call it 'The Horse's Hoof-print.' I will tell you how they explain its ...

— Bertha • Mary Hazelton Wade

... reach of mountain lay before him on his way to a sick-call. There were, of course, a hundred explanations from as many amateurs as to the cause of the accident. Then a quiet farmer, who suspected something, found a long needle driven deep into the hoof. It had gone deeper and deeper as the action of the horse forced it, until it touched the quick, and the horse ran dead lame. The wound festered, and the animal had to be strung up with leather bands to the roof of his stable for three months. ...

— My New Curate • P.A. Sheehan

... like a bull in a china shop; he nearly had the carved table over just now. He doesn't know just how to judge distance in relation to his bulk. I'd like to know his fighting weight. When he plants his hoof you ...

— Sisters • Ada Cambridge

... his foot in her hand, gently, but as firmly as if it had been a horse's hoof. She straightened it, unlaced his muddy boot, and with strong hands tore the slit further open until ...

— A Dozen Ways Of Love • Lily Dougall

... added, eagerly, "the boys will learn something in that way, something about how this country was discovered and explored and developed, so far as that is concerned. That is history on the hoof, if you like, sister. In my belief they're the three luckiest little beggars in the world if you will only let them go. I'll promise to bring ...

— The Young Alaskans on the Trail • Emerson Hough

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