HOOF

Hoof. Hoof
A cleft hoof as of neat cattle (Ex. 10:26; Ezek. 32:13); hence also of the horse, though not cloven (Isa. 5:28). The “parting of the hoof” is one of the distinctions between clean and unclean animals (Lev. 11:3; Deut. 14:7).

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HOOF. → Parting of, one of the physical marks used for distinguishing ceremonially clean and unclean animals Le 11:3-8; De 14:3-8

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hoof. Hoof, n. the horny cover of a horse's foot, a peck

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Hoof (ho͞of), n.; pl. Hoofs (ho͞ofs), very rarely Hooves (ho͞ovz). [[OE. hof, AS. hōf; akin to D. hoef, G. huf, OHG. huof, Icel. hōfr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. çapha. √225.]] 1. 1. The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
On burnished hooves his war horse trode. Tennyson. 2. 2. A hoofed animal; a beast.
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind. Ex. x. 26. 3. 3. (Geom.) See Ungula.