Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as hove.
  • noun A disease of cattle in which the stomach is inflated with gas, caused generally by eating too much green food. Also hove.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A disease in cattle consisting of inflammation of the stomach by gas, usually caused by eating too much green food.

Etymologies

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Related to heave and hove.

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