To hoof it, to foot it.

Hoofbound
(Hoof"bound`) a. (Far.) Having a dry and contracted hoof, which occasions pain and lameness.

Hoofed
(Hoofed) a. Furnished with hoofs. Grew.

Hoofless
(Hoof"less) a. Destitute of hoofs.

Hook
(Hook) n. [OE. hok, AS. hoc; cf. D. haak, G. hake, haken, OHG. hako, hago, haggo, Icel. haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf. Arquebuse, Hagbut, Hake, Hatch a half door, Heckle.]

Hoodless
(Hood"less), a. Having no hood.

Hoodlum
(Hood"lum) n. A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow. [Colloq. U.S.]

Hoodman
(Hood"man) n. The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind. [Obs.] Shak.

Hoodman-blind
(Hood"man-blind`) n. An old term for blindman's buff. Shak.

Hood molding
(Hood" mold`ing Hood" mould`ing) (Arch.) A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; — called also hood mold.

Hoodoo
(Hoo"doo) n. [Perh. a var. of voodoo.] One who causes bad luck. [Colloq.]

Hoodwink
(Hood"wink) v. t. [Hood + wink.]

1. To blind by covering the eyes.

We will blind and hoodwink him.
Shak.

2. To cover; to hide. [Obs.] Shak.

3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon. "Hoodwinked with kindness." Sir P. Sidney.

Hoody
(Hood"y) n. (Zoöl.) The hooded crow; also, in Scotland, the hooded gull.

Hoof
(Hoof) n.; pl. Hoofs very rarely Hooves [OE. hof, AS. hof; akin to D. hoef, G1huf, OHG. huof, Icel. hofr, Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. çapha. &radic225.]

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. A hoofed animal; a beast.

Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind.
Ex. x. 26.

3. (Geom.) See Ungula.

Hoof
(Hoof), v. i.

1. To walk as cattle. [R.] William Scott.

2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.]


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