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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 hoove1669 Jus Popul 1436.
Peremptory in adhereing to the least hove of the precious truths of Godc1705 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
