Hoof

n.; pl. HŌOFS, very rarely HŌOVES. [A-S. hŏf, Icel. hófr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov, D. hoef, Ger. huf, O. H. Ger. huof, allied to Russ. and Pol. копыто.] 1. The horny substance that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, sheep, goats, deer, &c.

On burnished hooves his war-horse trode. Tennyson. 2. An animal; a beast; hence, any portion or part; remnant; fragment; trace.

Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind. Ex. x. 26.

We will not willingly leave an hoof of the British honor behind, which may be brought on. Fuller. 3. (Geom.) See UNGULA.