The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . (hudi),H. Savaeaslioodie-crow. (hoer), n. Same as (hof), n.; pi. hoofti (hofs), rarely hooves (hovz). [< ME. hoof, hof, pi. hoves. hovys, < AS. h6f~ = D. lioef = LG. hfif = OHG. MHG. hiioj] G. hufz= Icel. hofr = Sw. hof = Dan. hov, hoof, Russ. kopijto, hoof, re-ferred to kopati, Russ. kojHite, etc., dig; cf. Skt. gapha, a hoof, esp. a horses hoof.] 1. The casing of hard horny substance which s
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . (hudi),H. Savaeaslioodie-crow. (hoer), n. Same as (hof), n.; pi. hoofti (hofs), rarely hooves (hovz). [< ME. hoof, hof, pi. hoves. hovys, < AS. h6f~ = D. lioef = LG. hfif = OHG. MHG. hiioj] G. hufz= Icel. hofr = Sw. hof = Dan. hov, hoof, Russ. kopijto, hoof, re-ferred to kopati, Russ. kojHite, etc., dig; cf. Skt. gapha, a hoof, esp. a horses hoof.] 1. The casing of hard horny substance which sheathes the ends of the digits or incases the foot in many ani- nials. A hoof differs from a nail or claw only in being blunt and large enough to inrlose the end of the limb; and almost every gradation is to be found between such structures as the human nails, or the claws of a cat, and the huofs of a horse or an ox. The substance is the same in any case, and the same as horn, being modified and greatly thick-ened cuticle or epidermis. See hoo/ed. With the hoo/ft of his horsesshall he tread down all thystreets. Ezek. xxvi. Whatsoever parteth thehoof, and is clovenfooted,. . that shall ye eat. Lev. xi. burnishd hooves his war-horse , Lady of Shalott,[iii. 2. A hoofed animal; a beast. Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoofbe left behind. Ex. x. 26. Middle Lengthwise Section ofFoot of Horse, showing the hoof-ttones, etc. 1, 2, tendons of extensor mus-cles; 5, tendons of flexor muscle ; 6, tendons of flexor Kerforans muscle ; lo, fetlock ; 19,oof; 3, a synovinl bursa in thefetlock-joint; 4, the middle meta-carpal (or metatarsal), being thecannon-bone; 9, a sesamoidbone or nut-bone behind thefetlock-joint; 13, the proximalphalanx, fetter-bone, or greatpastern; 14, the median pha-lanx, coronary,or small pastern:IS,interphalan^eal articulation; 16, a sesamoid l>one or nut-boneio tendon of flexor perforans,called the navicular
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