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   Hoe (?), n. [OF. hoe, F. houe; of German origin, cf. OHG. houwa, howa, G. haue, fr. OHG. houwan to hew. See Hew to cut.]
   1. 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.
   
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   2. (Zool.) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish.
   
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   Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade. -- Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator.
   
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   Hoe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoeing.] [Cf. F. houer.] To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with a hoe; as, “to hoe the earth in a garden”; also, to clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe; as, “to hoe corn”.
   
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   To hoe one's row, to do one's share of a job. [Colloq.]
   
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   Hoe, v. i. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe.
   
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