▪ I. hoove
see hoof, houve, hove.
▪ II. hoove
(huːv)
[f. OE. hóf-, ablaut-stem of heave v.; perh. representing ME. hove, for hoven pa. pple.]
A disease of cattle, characterized by an inflation of the stomach, usually due to eating too much green fodder.
| 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 81/2 At other times an unnatural fermentation commences, and the stomach is inflated with gas... This is termed hoove. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 141 If there is hoove, this will combine with the extricated gas, and prevent the continued formation of it. |