HOOF
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Hoof (h&oō_;f), n.; pl. Hoofs (h&oō_;fs), very rarely Hooves (h&oō_;vz). [OE. hof, AS. h&ō;f; akin to D. hoef, G. huf, OHG. huof, Icel. h&ō;fr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. çapha. √225.] 1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
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On burnished hooves his war horse trode.
Tennyson.
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2. A hoofed animal; a beast.
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Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind.
Ex. x. 26.
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3. (Geom.) See Ungula.
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Hoof, v. i. 1. To walk as cattle. [R.] William Scott.
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2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.]
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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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