Farther in they heard the crack of a stick broken under a heavy hoof.

The crack of the dry stick under a cloven hoof and the warm scent of the she-bear and her cubs roused none of the old instincts in her.

I was awakened from the doze into which I had fallen by the sound of rapid hoof-beats down the road.

Then there is the larkspur, also termed lark's-claw, and lark's-heel, the lamb's-toe being so called from its downy heads of flowers, and the horse-hoof from the shape of the leaf.

Dr. Darwin, in his "Loves of the Plants," adopts the fable thus: "E'en round the pole the flames of love aspire, And icy bosoms feel the sacred fire, Cradled in snow, and fanned by arctic air, Shines, gentle Barometz, the golden hair; Rested in earth, each cloven hoof descends, And round and round her flexile neck she bends.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.

In some, however, the feet end in a single corneous substance called a hoof.

"Steer for steer, cow for cow, hoof for hoofI'll put Quarter Circle KT critters against every brute you own that th' Ramblin' Kid lands his horse tinder the wire ahead of Thunderbolt!" Dorsey paled, then a purple-red of fury spread over his neck and face, and with an oath he cried: "I'll call you!" Bills of sale were drawn and turned over to Judge Ivory, to be delivered, after the race, to the winner.

The potatoes had not done so well; to own the truth, they were a little watery, though there were enough of them to winter every hoof he had, of themselves.

We had not proceeded more than three or four miles when Mr. Brockman's horse, Rocket, gave in, and could not move another step, the hoof being fairly worn through; leaving him close to a pool of water amongst plenty of feed, I hoped he might possibly recover by the time we returned from the bay.

Thus, the compound word, shoofly, has been traced by some to the Irish word shoe, meaning a hoof-covering, and the French word fly, meaning an insect, when it is apparent to even the casual observer that it comes from the Guinea word shoo, meaning get out, and the English word fly, meaning a tripe destroyer.

The peasants believe that they can still see on a stone the imprint left by the hoof of St. Martin's mule.

The Minotaur fell upon the ground, roaring and groaning and beating wildly about with his horned head and his hoof-like fists; but Theseus nimbly ran up to him and thrust the sword into his heart, and was away again before the beast could harm him.

But suddenly there were hoof-beats again.

The hoof of the Moose-deer was formerly in great repute for curing epilepsies, but has now justly fallen into neglect.

© 13Mar39; A126505. Ruth Perry Graham (C); 14Feb67; R404712. PERRY, CLAIRE H. Love on the hoof.

Love on the hoof.

There is little doubt of this, O Bharata, the hoof-marks of that cow and her calf are seen there to this day.

By bathing in those hoof-prints, O foremost of monarchs, whatever sin a man may have incurred is, O Bharata, washed away.

Not a trace of foot or hoof within a half-mile of the cars!

If he wants up he'll have to hoof it around the other side of the hill.

His price for horse-shoeing varied according to the size of the hoof, just as our leather-shoemakers charge according to the foot.

Then came the crack of a hoof on stone, then the clatter of a loosened rock.

Only prints of soft hoof-pads, leading off to north-eastward, betrayed the line of flight.

It is hard work in worsted socks, for you smite with the vehemence of Pan, and Pan had a hoof of horn.