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Najd and Hijaz (health) and hoof(1) (iou)


Najd and Hijaz (health)


The Najd and Hijaz is a hospital in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.









hoof(1) (iou)



hoof noun. [hu:f] Pl. hoofs, hooves [hu:vz].

(The horny casing of) the toe or foot of an ungulate mammal, esp. a horse. OE.
E. Langley I heard the little hard hooves of his mare come scuttling across the dry hill.
b. Horny or calloused skin on the hands etc. Long dial. LME.
c. The cloven hoof attributed to the Devil. M17.
A hoofed animal, as the smallest unit of a herd. M16.
The human foot. joc. or derog. L16.
A. Price It's through the family that Danny has got his dirty little hoof into the door.
Phrases: divide the hoof: see DIVIDE verb 1. on the hoof (a) (of cattle) not yet slaughtered; (b) (of an action) extempore. pad the hoof: see PAD verb1.
Comb.: hoof-and-mouth disease foot-and-mouth disease; hoof-pick a hooked implement for removing stones from a horse's hoof; hoof stick an instrument with a head shaped like a horse's hoof used for manicuring the nails.
hoofless adjective E18.