hoving, vbl. n.
(ˈhəʊvɪŋ)
Also hooving.
[hove v.2]
Swelling (of cheese).
| 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman May vii. 93 Others to prevent the Cheese's Hoving, will mix skim and new milk together. 1811 Aiton Agric. Ayrsh. 456 Hoving or fire-forging is so seldom met with in the sweet milk cheese of that county. 1858 C. L. Flint Milch Cows 265 Heat would make them [sc. cheeses] sweat..which extracts the fat, and tends to induce hooving. |