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Webster 1913 Edition

Hoe

Hoe

,
Noun.
[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.
2.
(Zool.)
The horned or piked dogfish. See
Dogfish
.
Dutch hoe
,
one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade.
–
Horse hoe
,
a kind of cultivator.

Hoe

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hoed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hoeing
.]
[Cf. F.
houer
.]
To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe;
as, to
hoe
the earth in a garden
; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe;
as, to
hoe
corn
.
To hoe one’s row
,
to do one's share of a job.
[Colloq.]

Hoe

,
Verb.
I.
To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hoe

HOE

,
Noun.
ho.
A farmer's instrument for cutting up weeds and loosening the earth in fields and gardens. It is in shape something like an adz, being a plate of iron, with an eye for a handle, which is set at an acute angle with the plate.

HOE

,
Verb.
T.
To cut,dig, scrape or clean with a hoe; as, to hoe the earth in a garden; to hoe the beds.
1.
To clear from weeds; as, to hoe maiz; to hoe cabbages.

HOE

,
Verb.
I.
To use a hoe.

Definition 2024

hoë

hoë

See also: hoe, hö, and hō'ē

Afrikaans

Adjective

hoë

  1. attributive form of hoog.

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