Definition of Cloven hoof

1. Noun. The mark of Satan.

Exact synonyms: Cloven Foot
Generic synonyms: Brand, Mark, Stain, Stigma

2. Noun. A hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine).
Exact synonyms: Cloven Foot
Generic synonyms: Hoof

Definition of Cloven hoof

1. Noun. A divided hoof, as on bovine animals. ¹

2. Noun. The mark of the Devil. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloven Hoof

clouters
clouting
clouts
clouty
clove
clove hitch
clove hitches
clove oil
clove pink
clove pinks
clove tree
cloven
cloven-footed
cloven-hoofed
cloven foot
cloven hoof (current term)
cloven hooves
clovepink
clovepinks
clover
clover-leaf roll
clover-root
clover clamp
clover clamps
clover disease
clover fern
clovered
cloverleaf
cloverleaf interchange
cloverleaf interchanges

Literary usage of Cloven hoof

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"FOJ Smith shows cloven hoof. — Ezra Cornell solves a difficult problem. — Cornell's plan for insulation endorsed by Professor Henry. — Many discouragements. ..."

2. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"FOJ Smith shows cloven hoof. — Ezra Cornell solves a difficult problem. — Cornell's plan for insulation endorsed by Professor Henry. — Many discouragements. ..."

3. The London Medical Gazette (1836)
"... which seem, by their flattened face, to hare the appearance of one cloven hoof; and hence these animals have been called cloven-footed, ..."

4. Shakspeare's Sonnets Never Before Interpreted: His Private Friends by Gerald Massey (1866)
"This reading will determine two things. First, that * razed shoes' signifies shoes cut or cloven, corresponding to the cloven hoof. ..."

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