Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hoof \Hoof\, n.; pl. {Hoofs}, very rarely {Hooves}. [OE. hof,
   AS. h[=o]f; akin to D. hoef, G1huf, OHG. huof, Icel. h[=o]fr,
   Sw. hof, Dan. hov; cf. Russ. kopuito, Skr. [,c]apha.
   [root]225.]
   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}.