Hoof, n. -- On the hoof, of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not slaughtered.
Hook, n. (Geog.) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook.
Hook, v. i. To move or go with a sudden turn; hence [Slang or Prov. Eng.], to make off; to clear out; -- often with it. "Duncan was wounded, and the escort hooked it." Kipling.
Hook"y (?), n. [Written also hookey.] [Cf. Hook, v. t., 3.] A word used only in the expression to play hooky, to run away, to play truant.
This talk about boys . . . playing ball, and "hooky," and marbles, was all moonshine.
F. Hopkinson Smith.
Hoo"sier State. Indiana; -- a nickname of obscure origin.
Hop"per*doz`er (?), n. [Hopper (as in grasshopper) + doze or dose; because conceived as putting insects to sleep or as dosing them with poison.] (Agric.) An appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of a shallow iron box, containing kerosene or coated with tar or other sticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels.
Hor"mone (hôr"mn), n. [From Gr. "orma`ein to excite.] (Physiol. Chem.) A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a stimulating effect; thus, according to Starling, the gastric glands are stimulated by a hormone from the pyloric mucous membrane.
||Hors` d'œuvre" (?); pl. Hors d'œuveres (#). [F., lit., outside of work.] 1. Something unusual or extraordinary. [R.]