dictionary help1. A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle.
2. <zoology> The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish. Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade. Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator.
Origin: OF. Hoe, F. Houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. Houwa, howa, G. Haue, fr. OHG. Houwan to hew. See Hew to cut.
(01 Mar 1998)
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