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Definition of hoof

Hoof
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.
hoof
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.
Hoof
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.
Hoof
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.

Meaning of hoof from wikipedia

- The hoof (pl.: hooves) is the tip of a toe of an ungulate mammal, which is covered and strengthened with a thick and horny keratin covering. Artiodactyls...
- A cloven hoof, cleft hoof, divided hoof, or split hoof is a hoof split into two toes. Members of the mammalian order Artiodactyla that possess this type...
- A cloven hoof is a hoof split into two toes. Cloven Hoof otherwise refers to: The Cloven Hoof, an early bulletin publication from the Church of Satan Cloven...
- Hands off our Forest (HOOF) is a campaign group formed in 2010 to fight the UK Government's proposed sale of publicly owned land in the Forest of Dean...
- A horse hoof is the lower extremity of each leg of a horse, the part that makes contact with the ground and carries the weight of the animal. It is both...
- Van Hoof is a Dutch toponymic surname. Hoof (modern Dutch hof and hoef, "homestead") may refer to any number of places with the -hof, -hoof, or -hove...
- horseshoes. Hoof boots can also be used as a protective device when the animal has a hoof injury that requires protection of the sole of the hoof, or to aid...
- Scottish cattle hoof trimmer and YouTuber. His YouTube channel, The Hoof GP, was created in 2019 and primarily consists of videos of hoof trimming. It is...
- William Hoof (c.1788-1855) was a British civil engineer. He began his career with Daniel Pritchard and later became his son-in-law. In the 1820s, they...
- Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that primarily effects even-toed ungulates...