hoof : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hoof	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for hoof
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hoof n the foot of an ungulate mammal the horny covering of the end of the foot in ungulate mammals v walk; "let's hoof it to the disco" [syn: foot, leg it, hoof, hoof it] dance in a professional capacity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoof \Hoof\, n.; pl. {Hoofs}, very rarely {Hooves}. [OE. hof, AS. h[d3]f; akin to D. hoef, G1huf, OHG. huof, Icel. h[d3]fr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. [87]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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hoof 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).