hoove

Updated: May 19, 2025

Hoove, or blown, so common, and often so speedily fatal in cattle, is the result of fermentation in the rumen, or paunch, in consequence of the animal's having eaten large quantities of wet grass, luxuriant clover, turnips, etc.

Robert Jennings - Cattle and Their Diseases: Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding,: And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which: They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their: Cure

On the other hand Hove, with its "Lawns" and imposing squares, has a past; the following note appears in the Gentleman's Magazine dated 1792: "Hoove, by some spelled Hove or Hova, lies on the road between Brighthelmstone and New Shoreham, about two miles from the former and four from the latter.

Edric Holmes - Seaward Sussex: The South Downs from End to End