hoodoo 
The prospect of pleasing his party and at the same time 
escaping a haodvi must be irresistibly attractive. 
New York Sun, March 20, 1S89. 
2. [From the verb.] A be witchment ; an occult 
cause of bad luck; hence, a person supposed 
to bring bad luck : opposed to mascot. [Colloq.] 
3. A name given in the northwestern United 
States to certain grotesque columns, the pro- 
ducts of volcanic action and erosion, left stand- 
ing on the slopes of mountains and in deep 
gulches. 
hoodoo (ho'do), v. t. 1. Same as voodoo. 2. 
To bring or cause bad luck to, as a person or an 
enterprise. [Colloq.] 
hood-sheaf (hitd'shef), . A sheaf used to 
cover other sheaves when set up in shocks. 
hood-shy (hud'shi), n. In falconry, afraid of the 
hood ; unwilling to have the hood put on : said 
of a hawk. 
hood-top (hiid'top), . The hood or cover of 
a carriage. See hood, it., 3. 
hoodwink (hud'wingk), v. t. [< hood + wink; 
prob. orig. in ref . to hooding a hawk : see hood, 
n.,2.] 1. To blind by covering the eyes ; blind- 
fold. 
We'll have no Cupid hoodurink'd with a scarf, 
Bearing a Tartar's painted bow of lath. 
Shak., K. and J.,L 4. 
When the hawk was not flying at her game, she was usu- 
ally hood-mnked, with a cap or hood provided for that pur- 
pose, and fitted to her head. 
Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 91. 
2. To cover; hide. 
Had it pleased him not to hoodwink his own knowledge, 
I nothing doubt but he fully saw how to answer himself. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vi. 6. 
For the prize I'll bring thee to 
Shall hoodwink this mischance. 
Shak., Tempest, iv. 1. 
3. To blind mentally; deceive by disguise ; im- 
pose upon. 
He, hoodvtinked with kindness, least of all men knew 
who struck him. Sir P. Sidney. 
Some to the fascination of a name 
Surrender judgment hood-wink'd. 
Cowper, Task, vi. 102. 
= Sy u. 3. See deceive. 
hoodwinkt, . [< hoodwink, .] Disguise ; con- 
cealment. Danes. 
No more dooth she laboure too mask her Phansye with 
hudwinck. Stanihuret, ^Eneid, iv. 176. 
hoodwort (hud'wfert), n. A small American 
plant, Seutellaria lateriflora, with axillary blue 
flowers. 
hoody(hud'i),. SameasAood/e-croio. Montagu. 
hooer (ho'er), H. Same as huer. 
hoof (hof), n. ; pi. hoofs (hofs), rarely hooves 
(hovz). [< ME. hoof, hof, pi. hoves, hovys, < AS. 
hof= OS. OFries.Ao/ = 
D. hoef = LG. hof = 
OHG. MHG. huof, G. 
huf = Icel. hofr = Sw. 
hof = Dan. hoi:, hoof. 
Cf. OBulg. Bohem. Pol. 
Buss, kopyto, hoof, re- 
ferred to kopati, Russ. 
kopate, etc., dig; cf. 
Skt. qapha, a hoof, esp. 
a horse's hoof.] 1. 
The casing of hard 
horny substance which 
sheathes the ends of 
the digits or meases 
the foot in many ani- 
mals. A hoof differs from 
a nail or claw only in being 
blunt and large enough to 
inclose the end of the limb ; 
and almost every gradation 
is to be found between such 
structures as the human 
nails, or the claws of a cat, 
and the hoofs of a horse or 
an ox. The substance is 
the same in any case, and 
the same as horn, being 
modified and greatly thick- 
ened cuticle or epidermis. 
See hoofed. 
With the hoofs of his horses 
shall he tread down all thy 
streets. Ezek. xxvi. 11. 
Whatsoever parteth the 
It'- 
Middle Lengthwise Section of 
Foot of Horse, showing the hoof- 
bones, etc- 
i, 2, tendons of extensor mus- 
cles; 5, tendons of flexor perfo- 
rutus muscle ; 6, tendons of flexor 
periforans muscle ; 10, fetlock ; 19, 
hoof; 3, a synovia! bursa in the 
fetlock-joint ; 4. the middle meta- 
carpal (or metatarsal), being the 
"cannon-bone"; 9, a sesamoid 
bone or "nut-bone" behind the 
fetlock -joint ; 13, the proximal 
phalanx, fetter-bone, or great 
pastern ; 14, the median pha* 
nx.coronary.or small pastern; 
hoof, ""and i8 cloven footed" '5-interphalan^al articulati 
. . . that shall ye eat. 
Lev. xi. 3. 
On burnish'd hooves his war- 
horse trode. 
Tennyson, Lady of Shalott, 
[iii. 
2. A hoofed animal ; a beast. 
Our cattle also shall go with us ; there shall not an hoof 
be left behind. Ex. x. 26. 
tendon of flexor perfo 
called the navicular bone by 
veterinaries, but not to be con- 
founded with the navicular of 
anatomy in the tarsus or hock ; 
17, part of coronet; 18, the distal 
phalanx, or coffin-bone. 
2877 
He had not a single hoiifot any kind to slaughter. 
waikinyton. 
3. In (/cow., an uugula or part of a cylinder or 
cone cut off by a plaue cutting both the base 
and the curved surface. 4. In toi'toine-xln/1 
Hinuiif. , one of the smaller plates of translucent 
shell forming the head Cleft hoof, cloven hoof, 
the pair of hoofs of cloven-footed ungulates, as the rumi- 
nants. Each half of the supposed hoof is a complete hoof 
for its own digit. False hoof, the hoof of a functiouless 
digit, on which an animal does not walk, as one of the pair 
behind and above the other hoofs of the ox, deer, pig, etc. 
On the hoof, alive ; not butchered : used by cattle-men 
and butchers. To show the cloven hoof. See cloven. 
hoof (hof), v. t. [< hoof, .] 1. To walk, as 
cattle ; foot : with an indefinite it. [Colloq. or 
slang.] 
To hoof it o'er as many weary miles . . . 
As e'er the bravest antler of the woods. 
Scott, Ethwald, from Notes to L. of the L. 
2. To kill (game) by shooting it on the ground. 
[Colloq., southern U. S.] 
hoof-bound (h6f 'bound), a. In farriery, having 
a dryness and contraction of the hoof which oc- 
casions pain and lameness. 
hoof-cushion (hof'kush'on), n. Same as hoof- 
pad. 
hoofed (hoft), a. [< hoof + -ecft.'] Having a 
hoof or hoofs; ungulate, whether artiodactyl 
or perissodactyl : distinguished from clawed. 
Hoofed quadrupeds, the mammalian order Ungulata. 
hoofing-place (hof'ing-plas), n. The place 
where a flock is herded. [Prov. Eng.] 
Wherever he herds the lord's sheep, the several other 
shepherds are to give way to him, and give up their hoof- 
ing-place. Hone's Eaery-day Book, II. 22. 
hoofless (hof 'les), a. [< hoof + -less.'] Having 
no hoof or hoofs. 
hoof-mark (hof'mark), >i. The mark or trace 
left by an animal's hoof in stepping. 
hoof-pad (hof pad), . A protecting cushion 
fastened to a horseshoe or fixed to a horse's 
foot to prevent interference or injury, or to cor- 
rect malformation. 
hoof-pick (hof 'pik), . A curved hook or hooked 
knife-blade used to remove stones, balls of snow, 
etc., from the bottom of a horse's hoof. 
hoof-shaped (hof'shapt), a. Shaped like a 
horse's hoof. 
hoof-spreader (h8f'spred"er), u. Adevice fitted 
to the foot of a horse to correct narrowness or 
malformation. 
hoofy (ho'fi), a. [< hoof + -y 1 .] Belonging to 
a hoof. In the quotation there is an allusion to Hippo- 
crene, a fountain near Helicon, said to have burst forth 
when the ground was struck by the hoof of Pegasus. 
Then parte in name of peace, and softly on 
With numerous feete to Hoofy Helicon. 
Herrick, Appendix, p. 441. 
hoohoo (hp'ho'), inter}. [Aredupl. of Aoo 1 .] An 
exclamation of excitement or delight, used to 
express approval or assent. 
hoohoo (ho'ho'), v. t. [< hoohoo, interj.] To 
say "Hoohoo" to; approve by saying "Hoo- 
hoo": with reference to mobs or savages. 
He was heartily hoohoved. 
Aoc. Preti Despatch, Sept. 1, 1887. 
hook (huk), n. [< ME. hole, < AS. hoc, sometimes 
spelled (to show the long vowel) hooc = MD. hoe/,; 
hoeck, a hook, D. hoek, a hook, angle, corner, 
quarter, cape (> Dan. Sw. huk, a cape), = LG. 
huk, a hook, edge, corner; the kindred forms 
have a different vowel, and agree with AS. 
haca, a bolt or bar of a door, ME. *hake, E. dial. 
hake, a, hook: see hake 1 , hake%, hatch 1 ."] 1. A 
curved or angular piece of metal or other firm 
substance, either separate or forming part of 
another object, adapted to catch, hold, pull 
down, or sustain something : as, a fish-hook ; the 
hook of agate-hinge; apotAoofc; a crochet-Aoofr ; 
a cotton-ftoofc; a cur-hook; the hooka of the 
teasel. 
I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips. 
Isa. xxxvil. 20. 
His buckler prov'd his chiefest fence ; 
For still the shepherd's hook 
Was that the which King Alfred could 
In no good manner brook. 
King Atfral and the Shepherd. 
2. A curved instrument for cutting grass or 
grain; a sickle, especially one with a broad 
blade and a smooth edge; an instrument for 
cutting or lopping. 
Make redie nowe iche nedeful instrument, . . . 
The hokex that the fern awaie shall bite, 
And billes all thees brerers [read breres] up to smyte. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 42. 
Great Kings and Consuls, who haue oft for blades 
And glistering Scepters handled hnokx and spades. 
r, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 3. 
hook 
3. A projecting point or spit of land on the sea- 
or lake-coast, which ends with a recurved or 
hook-shaped form: as, Sandy Hook, near New 
York. 
Huukt are of the highest importance, being sometimes 
the only natural harbor along low flat coasts. 
Fatter aiut Whitney s Lake Superior Report, II. 200. 
4. In in iisicn! nutation, a pennant attached to the 
stem of eighth-notes, sixteenth-notes, etc. : as, 
HO.I,. Also called flag. 5. One of the pro- 
jecting points of the thigh-bones of cattlo. 
Also called hook-bone. 6. In shiu-buildiny, 
same as breast-hook. 7. That which catches; 
a snare ; a trap. 
A shop of all the qualities that man 
Loves woman for ; besides, that hook of wiving, 
Fairness, which strikes the eye. 
Shak., Cymbeline, v. 5. 
Mak sure the nooks 
Of Maky's-nmir crooks ; 
For the wily Scot takes by nooks, hooka, and crooks. 
Fraij ofSuimrt (Child's Ballads, VI. 117). 
8. A catch; an advantage. [Vulgar.] 9. In 
agri., a field sown two years in succession. [Lo- 
cal, Eng. ] Barbless hook, a fishing-hook with no barb ; 
a needle-point hook. Such hooks have been used by the 
Japanese for centuries, and have recently been introduced 
into America. They are much used by flsh-breeojers, in 
order to avoid injuring fish taken to be kept for spawning. 
Blunt nook, a surgical instrument for seizing without 
piercing or tearing. By hook or Toy crook. See crook. 
Calvarian hook. See catmrian. Cross-eyed hook, a 
hook used on trawl-lines, having the eye at the upper end 
of the shank at right angles to the direction of the point 
from the shank. Extension hook, a kind of flsh-hook ; 
a trap-hook. Hook and butt, a method of placing the 
ends of timbers so that they resist the tendency of tensile 
strain to part them. See hook-scarf. Hook and eye, a 
metallic fastening for garments, consisting of a hook, com- 
monly of flattened wire bent to the required shape, and an 
eye, usually of the same material, into which the hook fits. 
Under the name of crochet and loop, this form of fastening 
was in use as early as the fourteenth century. 
The machinery of the frocks reminds one of the wed- 
ding morning in " Pickwick," when all the girls were cry- 
ing out to be " done up," for they had hooks and eyes [on 
the back of their dresses], and the girls were helpless by 
themselves. W. Besant, Fifty Years Ago (1887), p. 108. 
Hook-and-ladder company, a company of firemen pro- 
vided with a carriage containing ladders and large hooked 
instruments for tearing down buildings. Hook Of nets. 
Same as gang of nets (which see, under aany). Klrby 
hook, a kind of flsh-hook having the point bent to one 
side of the axis of the shank. It is the form most used in 
the United States. There are two sorts, long-shank and 
short-shank. Limerick hook, a fish hook first made at 
Limerick, Ireland, better adapted for artificial flies than 
for use with bait. Needle-point hook, a bai bless hook. 
Off the hooks, (a) Out of adjustment ; unhinged. 
He lives condemned to his share at Bruxels, 
And there sits filing certain politic hinges, 
To hang the states on he has heaved off the hooks. 
B. Jonson, Staple of News, UL 1. 
(6) Disordered; disturbed; sick. [Slang.] 
In the evening by water to the Duke of Albemarle, whom 
I found mightily off the hooks that the ships are not gone 
out of the river. Pepya, Diary, 
(o) Out of existence ; dead. [Slang.) 
The attack was so sharp that Matilda was very near o/ 
the hooks. Thackeray. 
And Aehille cried, "Odzooks! 
I fear, by his looks, 
Our friend, Francois Xavier, has popp'd off the hooks ! " 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 32. 
On one's own hook, on one's own account or responsi- 
bility; by or for one's self. [Colloq.] Pulley-suapen- 
sion hook, an S-hook (a double hook in the fqrm of the 
letter S) which can be caught above a beam or rafter to 
afford a hold for a pulley, as for the block of a hay-fork. 
Sponge-hook, a hooked two- pronged iron tool at the end 
of a wooden pole, with which sponges are gathered from 
thebottom. [Florida, tr. S.l Standing part of a hook, 
that part of a hook which is attached to a block or chain 
by means of which power is applied to it. The opposite 
end is called the point. 
hook (huk), c. [< ME. lioken ; from the noun.] 
1. trans. 1. To fasten with a hook or hooks; 
catch or seize with or as if with a hook : as, to 
hook a trout. 
The harlot king 
Is quite beyond mine arm, . . . but she 
I can hook to me. Shak., W. T., ii. 3. 
At last I hook'd my ankle in a vine. 
Tennyson, Princess, iv. 
2. To attack with the horns ; catch on the 
horns : as, to be hooked by a cow. 3. To catch 
by artifice ; entrap ; insnare. 
Hook him, my poor dear, hook him at any sacrifice. 
W. CoUins, Annadale. 
4. To steal by grasping ; catch up and make 
off with. [Colloq. or slang.] 
Is not this braver than sneak all night in danger, 
Picking of locks, or hooking cloths at windows? 
T. Tomkis ('?), Albunmzar. ill. 3. 
I hooked the apples, leaped the brook, and scared the 
musquash and the trout. Thoreav, Walden, p. 219. 
5. To attach by means of a hook, literally or 
figuratively. 
