Hoofs

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hoof \Hoof\ (h[=oo]f), n.; pl. {Hoofs} (h[=oo]fs), very rarely
     {Hooves} (h[=oo]vz). [OE. hof, AS. h[=o]f; akin to D. hoef,
     G. huf, 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.


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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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