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

  Hooven \Hoov"en\, Hoven \Ho"ven\, a.
     Affected with hoove; as, hooven, or hoven, cattle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Hoven \Ho"ven\, obs. or archaic
     p. p. of {Heave}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hoven \Ho"ven\, a.
     Affected with the disease called hoove; as, hoven cattle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heave \Heave\ (h[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Heaved} (h[=e]vd), or
     {Hove} (h[=o]v); p. p. {Heaved}, {Hove}, formerly {Hoven}
     (h[=o]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Heaving}.] [OE. heven, hebben,
     AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan,
     hevan, G. heben, Icel. hefja, Sw. h[aum]fva, Dan. h[ae]ve,
     Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. Gr. kw`ph handle.
     Cf. {Accept}, {Behoof}, {Capacious}, {Forceps}, {Haft},
     {Receipt}.]
     1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to
        lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave
        heaved the boat on land.
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              One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below. --Shak.
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     Note: Heave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is
           heavy or hard to move; but formerly it was used in a
           less restricted sense.
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                 Here a little child I stand,
                 Heaving up my either hand.         --Herrick.
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     2. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial,
        except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead;
        to heave the log.
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     3. To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move;
        also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical
        phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead.
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     4. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort;
        as, to heave a sigh.
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              The wretched animal heaved forth such groans.
                                                    --Shak.
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     5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
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              The glittering, finny swarms
              That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores.
                                                    --Thomson.
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     {To heave a cable short} (Naut.), to haul in cable till the
        ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor.
  
     {To heave a ship ahead} (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not
        under sail, as by means of cables.
  
     {To heave a ship down} (Naut.), to throw or lay her down on
        one side; to careen her.
  
     {To heave a ship to} (Naut.), to bring the ship's head to the
        wind, and stop her motion.
  
     {To heave about} (Naut.), to put about suddenly.
  
     {To heave in} (Naut.), to shorten (cable).
  
     {To heave in stays} (Naut.), to put a vessel on the other
        tack.
  
     {To heave out a sail} (Naut.), to unfurl it.
  
     {To heave taut} (Naut.), to turn a capstan, etc., till the
        rope becomes strained. See {Taut}, and {Tight}.
  
     {To heave the lead} (Naut.), to take soundings with lead and
        line.
  
     {To heave the log}. (Naut.) See {Log}.
  
     {To heave up anchor} (Naut.), to raise it from the bottom of
        the sea or elsewhere.
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Hoven, SD (town, FIPS 30300)
    Location: 45.24182 N, 99.77635 W
    Population (1990): 522 (236 housing units)
    Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 57450

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Hoven, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
     Population (2000):    511
     Housing Units (2000): 245
     Land area (2000):     0.303559 sq. miles (0.786213 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.303559 sq. miles (0.786213 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            30300
     Located within:       South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
     Location:             45.241807 N, 99.776747 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     57450
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Hoven, SD
      Hoven
  

















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