Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hoe \Hoe\, n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG.
   houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See {Hew} to
   cut.]
   1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the
      earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a
      flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which
      it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) The horned or piked dogfish. See {Dogfish}.

   {Dutch hoe}, one having the blade set for use in the manner
      of a spade.

   {Horse hoe}, a kind of cultivator.