Meaning of cloven hoof | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A divided hoof, as on bovine animals.
2. The mark of the Devil.

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Examples

“6. Chileſe Horſe.—1. Equus biſulcus. 6. / Has cloven hoofs. Molin. hiſt. nat. Chil. 284. / Inhabits South America.—This obſcure quadruped, which is only mentioned by Molina, frequents the precipitous and rocky mountains of the Andes or Cordellieras; in ſize, number and arrangement of teeth, and in general appearance, it reſembles the Horſe, for which reaſon it is placed by Dr Gmelin in this genus, though its cloven hoofs are ſimilar to thoſe of the animals belonging to the former order: […]”

“Children of the cloven hooves / Bathe the cross in your father's blood”

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