hoven

American  

[hoh-vuhn] / ˈhoʊ vən /

adjective

1. affected with bloat.

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noun

1. bloat.

Etymology

Origin of hoven

First recorded in 1545–55; special use of past participle of heave

Example Sentences

Heave, heaved or hove, heaving, heaved or hoven.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

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 Biddulph, J. (John)

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 Dadd, George

The incision is made in the same place that the trocar is inserted for puncturing that organ in cases of hoven.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

For description and remedies, see hoven in cattle.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Allen, Richard L.