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Definition of Cloven hoof

1. Noun. The mark of Satan.

2. Noun. A hoof divided into two parts at its distal extremity (as of ruminants or swine).

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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