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Hōo'ven or Hō'ven, a.

adjective

a. Affected with the disease called hoove or hoven; as, hooven cattle.

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  • Hōōve or Hōv'en, n.p. 637nounA disease in cattle consisting in the excessive inflation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food. Gardner.
  • Hōv'en, a.p. 642adjectiveSwelled or puffed out;—applied mostly to cattle when distended with gas from eating too much green food.
  • Hōv'en, p. p.p. 642past participleof heave.
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