Meaning of cloven-hooved | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Equivalents

Examples

“Chevre pied. Cloven-hooved, Goat-footed; as Epithite for a Satyr.”

“But “horses with uncloven hoof” suggests a cloven-hooved variety, which for a moment puzzles the wit, and therefore distracts.”

“But a few animals are known to be single-horned and single-hooved, as the Indian ass; and one, to wit the oryx, is single-horned and cloven-hooved.”

“This was the state executive’s formal answer⟳ to the preliminary injunction order⟳ issued on Monday by Circuit Judge⟳ Irwin at Elgin restraining the state from killing or contracting to kill⟳ any cloven-hooved animals afflicted or exposed to the epidemic.”

“The board⟳ has short legs in the shape⟳ of four cloven-hooved oxen’s feet.”

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