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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOOF, n.
1. The horny substance that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, sheep, goats, deer, etc.
2. An animal; a beast.
He had not a single hoof of any kind to slaughter.
HOOF, v.i. To walk, as cattle. [Little used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the foot of an ungulate mammal
2: the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals v
1: walk; "let's hoof it to the disco" [syn: foot, leg it, hoof, hoof it]
2: dance in a professional capacity

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural hooves; also hoofs) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English h?f; akin to Old High German huof hoof, Sanskrit ?apha Date: before 12th century 1. a curved covering of horn that protects the front of or encloses the ends of the digits of an ungulate mammal and that corresponds to a nail or claw 2. a hoofed foot especially of a horse II. verb Date: 1641 transitive verb 1. walk <hoofed it to the lecture hall> 2. kick, trample intransitive verb to move on the feet; especially dance

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. (pl. hoofs or hooves) the horny part of the foot of a horse, antelope, and other ungulates. --v. 1 tr. strike with a hoof. 2 tr. sl. kick or shove. Phrases and idioms: hoof it sl. 1 go on foot. 2 dance. on the hoof (of cattle) not yet slaughtered. Derivatives: hoofed adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE hof f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hoofs, or hooves) The hooves of an animal such as a horse are the hard lower parts of its feet. The horses' hooves often could not get a proper grip. N-COUNT: usu pl

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hoof.

See CHEW; CLOVEN.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To beat the hoof; to travel on foot. He hoofed it or beat the hoof, every step of the way from Chester to London.

Moby Thesaurus

ambulate, ankle, arch, circumambulate, clog, clubfoot, dance, digit, dog, extremity, fetlock, foot, foot it, forefoot, forepaw, fox-trot, harefoot, heel, hoof it, hop, instep, jaywalk, jog on, leg, leg it, pace, pad, pastern, patte, paw, pedal extremity, pedes, pedestrianize, perambulate, peripateticate, pes, pied, prance, pug, shake, shimmy, shuffle, shuffle along, skip, sole, splayfoot, step, stride, stump it, tap-dance, toe, tootsy, traipse, tread, trip, troop, trotter, ungula, walk, waltz