hoven
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of hoven
First recorded in 1545–55; special use of past participle of heave
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When cattle or sheep are first turned into luxuriant pasture, after being poorly fed, or laboring under any derangement of the digestive organs, they are apt to be hoven, blown, or blasted.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd
The soldiers and marines, three hundred in number, landed, but were beaten back with a loss of eighteen killed and fifty wounded, "more by ye force of stones hoven from ye rocks than fier arms."
From The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago by J. (John) Biddulph
An intelligent farmer assures Dr. White that he has had forty sheep at a time hoven or blasted from feeding on vetches, and so swollen that he hardly knew which would drop first.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd
Heave, heaved or hove, heaving, heaved or hoven.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
We have heard an Englishman talk of "taking an ouse that should have an ot water pipe, and a hoven."
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie
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