Hooven, Hoven

Suffering from the disease called hoove, or hoven, as cattle. Hoov'er, in Indiana, a post-village of Ca co., located on the Wabash R.R. Hoover's Run, in Penna., a post-office of Greene co. Hoov'ersville, in Pennsylvania, a post-village of Somerset co. Hoov'erton, in Penna . , a P. O. of Montgomery co. Hop, v. n. [A.S. hoppan ; D. huppelen; Ger. hüpfen; Dan. hoppe ; W. hobelw , to hop, to caper. See HIP.] To skip; to jump; to leap or spring on one leg; to spring forward by leaps; to skip, as birds. "Companions of the spring, hopping from spray to spray." Dryden. - To limp; to halt in one's gait; to walk lame. "The limping smith... hopping here and there." - Dryden. To dance: to caper; as, to hop the mazurka. -n. A jump; a leap; a spring; a caper on one leg. if asleep, start up. The efforts of coughing then become so rapid and violent, as to take away the breath; during the intervals, it is difficult to perceive any inspiratory "I can go above a hundred yards at a hop , step, and jump." movements, excepting at times when the cough is interrupted by a peculiar whooping sound, which has given this disease its common name. In young children, hoop ing cough often becomes complicated with other diseases. Add is on. -An improvised dance; also, and in a vulgar sense, a dancing-a embly; a Hop, n. [D.; Belg. hoppe ; Fr. houblon; Ger. hopfen , from haupt , head, top, with reference to the climbing nature of the plant.) ( Bot .) A climbing plant, the flowers of which, also called hops , are used in brewing. The most common complication with children at the breast is cerebral congestion, giving rise to violent con- vulsions. H.-C. prevails as an epidemic disease, and children from birth to the period of second dentition are chiefly liable to it. Adult persons, however, are not exempt from it, and it sometimes happens in old age. -v. a. To impregnate with hops. - See HUMULUS. -The berry or fruit of the dog-rose. - See HIP. The disease is very contagious, and when it once finds "Brew in October, and hop it for long keeping." - Mortimer. admi ion into a house, very few young persons, who have not had it previously, escape. It rarely affects the same individual twice, although this sometimes occurs. H.-C. is a very fatal malady; it is readily distinguished from any other disease by the paroxysmal character of the cough. Hitherto, no treatment of hooping-cough has been discovered by which its progre can be arrested; its severity, however, can be mitigated, and its duration diminished. It must, nece arily, run a certain course, which often, in spite of skilful treatment, may be long. The administration of emetics, in the earliest stages of the disease, is often efficacious; and tartar emetic, on account of its easy solubility and certain action, seems to be best suited for the purpose. In protracted cases, nothing appears to be so effective in putting a stop to the cough as change of air, which frequently succeeds when all other methods have failed. The diet should always be of the mildest description at the commencement, but afterwards it is advantageous to adopt a more tonic and nourishing regimen.