horse hoe

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.(Zool.) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish. [1913 Webster]

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

Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator. [1913 Webster]

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