Hoove

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n.1.A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The disturbed sheep shied and rushed aside trampling the frozen manure with their hooves. The dog yelped desperately with fright and anger and then burst out barking like a puppy at the stranger.
They struggled on for some time longer, nothing being heard but the clatter of hooves striving on the loose stones.
Listen in the north, my boys, there's trouble on the wind; Tramp o' Cossack hooves in front, gray great-coats behind, Trouble on the Frontier of a most amazin' kind, Trouble on the waters o' the Oxus!
'I will give thee eight annas, for much money is not picked out of horses' hooves, and it must suffice for many days.
By this time, Billy has become acquainted with The Hoove and is no longer scared of him.
IN the third book in the Ghost Buddy series, Billy Broccolli decides to get a pet for his ghost buddy - aka The Hoove.
The horses had not had a farrier to trim their hooves for at least 12 months, when this should take place about every six weeks.
They were not nailed to horses' hooves like modern horseshoes but were worn tied with cords.
A WOMAN has been banned from keeping horses after allowing her rescue pony's hooves to become overgrown.
Summary: Dubai Crown Prince's Instagram video shows a team trimming the giraffe's hooves
Meanwhile, the disease is caused by a virus that affects animals with cloven hooves such as cattle, pigs, sheep and goats.
A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE ex-soldier has had his two donkeys taken off him after their hooves were found to be so overgrown that they were struggling to walk.
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