horse-hoofn.

Forms: Also (in sense 2) Middle English -howve, 1500s -hove.

Etymology: < horse n. + hoof n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-hoof.

1. The hoof of a horse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > hoof

horse-hoof1539

coffin1607

1539 Bible (Great) Judges v. 22 Then were the horse hoffes smytten asunder.

a1657 G. Daniel Ecloges in Poems (1878) II. 174 The true fountaine which The Muses Love..The Horse-hoofe never rais'd [cf. Hippocrene n.].

1842 T. B. Macaulay Battle Lake Regillus in Lays Anc. Rome 127 To listen for the rushing Of horse-hoofs from the east.

1896 Black Horse Gaz. Jan. 8/2 Loud thunder of horse hooves, low curtain of dust.

2. The plant Coltsfoot ( Tussilago farfara).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > coltsfoot

horse-hoof1398

foalfoota1400

wowellc1450

Tussilago1510

coltsfoot1552

bull-foot1562

colt's-hoof1565–73

colt-herb1587

coughwort1597

horse-foot1597

flap-dock1846

clay-weed1878

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. xciii Many men clepeþ it Caballina an hors huoue.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 158^v Tussilago is named..in Englishe Horse houe, or Bullfoote.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xii. 20 It is called..Fole foote, Horse houe, Coltes foote.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Horse-hoof, the colt's-foot, Tussilago farfara.

3. = horse-foot n. 3a.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > order Xiphosura or Merostomata > [noun] > genus Limulus > member of

king crabc1612

horse-foot1672

Molucca crab1681

sea-louse1681

horse-hoof1699

horseshoe1775

saucepan crab1863

horseshoe-crab1865

fiddle-fish1867

xiphosurid1969

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 40 Horse-hoof-fish.

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 44 By the shore, you find abundance of Shell-fish, called by the English, Horse-hoofs..; the Shell is thin and brittle, like a Lobsters; with many small Claws.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	horse-hoof
释义	horse-hoofn. Forms: Also (in sense 2) Middle English -howve, 1500s -hove. Etymology: < horse n. + hoof n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-hoof. 1. The hoof of a horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > hoof horse-hoof1539 coffin1607 1539 Bible (Great) Judges v. 22 Then were the horse hoffes smytten asunder. a1657 G. Daniel Ecloges in Poems (1878) II. 174 The true fountaine which The Muses Love..The Horse-hoofe never rais'd [cf. Hippocrene n.]. 1842 T. B. Macaulay Battle Lake Regillus in Lays Anc. Rome 127 To listen for the rushing Of horse-hoofs from the east. 1896 Black Horse Gaz. Jan. 8/2 Loud thunder of horse hooves, low curtain of dust. 2. The plant Coltsfoot ( Tussilago farfara). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > coltsfoot horse-hoof1398 foalfoota1400 wowellc1450 Tussilago1510 coltsfoot1552 bull-foot1562 colt's-hoof1565–73 colt-herb1587 coughwort1597 horse-foot1597 flap-dock1846 clay-weed1878 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. xciii Many men clepeþ it Caballina an hors huoue. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 158^v Tussilago is named..in Englishe Horse houe, or Bullfoote. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xii. 20 It is called..Fole foote, Horse houe, Coltes foote. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Horse-hoof, the colt's-foot, Tussilago farfara. 3. = horse-foot n. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > order Xiphosura or Merostomata > [noun] > genus Limulus > member of king crabc1612 horse-foot1672 Molucca crab1681 sea-louse1681 horse-hoof1699 horseshoe1775 saucepan crab1863 horseshoe-crab1865 fiddle-fish1867 xiphosurid1969 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 40 Horse-hoof-fish. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 44 By the shore, you find abundance of Shell-fish, called by the English, Horse-hoofs..; the Shell is thin and brittle, like a Lobsters; with many small Claws. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1398
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