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HOOVE

\hˈuːv], \hˈuːv], \h_ˈuː_v]\

Definitions of HOOVE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

h[=oo]v, n. a disease of cattle and sheep, marked by distention of the abdomen by gas--also Wind-dropsy, DRUM-BELLY.--adjs. HOOV'EN, H[=O]'VEN.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Disease of cattle, with inflation of stomach, usu. caused by green fodder. [old English]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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