hornfoot

& s. [Eng. horn, and foot.] A. As adj.: Having a hoof; hoofed. "With hornfoot horses, and bra wheels, Jove's storms to emulate." Hake will : On Providence. B. As subst.: A cloven foot; a hoof. "And scudding thence, while they their horn feet ply, About their sire the little sylvans cry." Dryden: Indian Emperor , ii. 2. horn-fül, s . [Eng.horn; -ful ( l ).] As much as a horn or drinking ve el will hold. Horn-iě, s . [Eng. horn; ie = y.] One of the many popular names for the devil, in allusion to the horns which he is sometimes represented as wearing. "Auld Hornie did the Laigh Kirk watch." Burns : The Ordination . *horn-i-fy, v . t . [English horn ; i connective; suff. fy.] To give horns to; to horn; to cuckold. "This versifying my wife has hornified me."-Beaum. & Flet.: Four Plays in One. horn-Ing, s. [Eng. horn; -ing.] Ordinary Language : *1. The act of giving horns to. 2. The appearance of the moon when in the form of a crescent. "They account from the horning [of the moon]."Gregory: Post huma, p. 168. Letters of horning : Scots Law: A warrant charging persons to per form certain duties. [HORNING.] horn-Ish, a. [English horn; -ish.] Somewhat resembling horn. "Temperance, as if it were of a hornish composure, is too hard for the flesh."- Sir M. Sandys: E ays, p. 21.