houttuynIa

[Named after Houttuyn, a celebrated virtuoso resident in Amsterdam.] Bot.: A genus of Saururaceae. The leaves of Houttuynia cordata are deemed by the Cochin Chinese emmenagogue. They are eaten by the Lepchas of the Himalaya Mountains. *hove, pret . of v. [HEAVE, v .] *hōve (1), v. i. [HOVER.] To hove about; to loiter; to halt. "And there he houed , and abode To wit what she wolde mene." Gower: C. A. i. *hove (2), *hoove, v. i. & t. [HOVE, pret. of v.] A. In trans.: To raise; to swell. "The earth also for her part, by this meanes well soaked, swelleth and hooveth as it were with a leaven."-P. Hol land: Pliny, bk. xvii., ch. ii. B. Trans.: To cause to swell. "Some ill-brewn drink had hoved her wame." Burns: Death and Doctor Hornbook.