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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hoove, n. Also: hove. [e.m.E. hoofe (1655), a hoof, in echoes of Exod. x. 26. Cf. also Hoof.] A particle, the least thing. — a1651 Calderwood VII. 511.
But he gave a fair confession to the trueth, and wold not yeeld so much as a hoove 1669 Jus Popul 1436.
Peremptory in adhereing to the least hove of the precious truths of God c1705 Nimmo Narr. 26.
In the matters of his God he would not yield a hoove 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. i. 88.
Some tell, we must the truth so love, As of it not to quite a hoove