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Haaf vs Hoof - What's the difference?

haaf | hoof |

As nouns the difference between haaf and hoof

is that haaf is (shetland islands|scotland) the open sea, especially as a place to fish while hoof is the tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.

As a verb hoof is

to trample with hooves.

haaf

English

Noun

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  • (Shetland Islands, Scotland) The open sea, especially as a place to fish.
  • * 1822 , Walter Scott, The Pirate'', 1826, ''Novels and Romances of the Author of Waverley , Volume 19, page 320,
  • The banks to which they repair for the haaf fishing, are often many miles distant from the station where the fish is dried; so that they are always twenty or thirty hours absent, frequently longer; and under unfavourable circumstances of wind and tide, they remain at sea, with a very small stock of provisions, and in a boat of a construction which seems extremely slender, for two or three days, and are sometimes heard of no more.
  • * 2003 , Juliet Marillier, Foxmask : Saga of the Light Isles: 2, page 28,
  • The haaf -boat was as well maintained as any vessel in the islands; her master had a reputation for thoroughness, for all he was barely twenty years of age.
  • (Shetland Islands) The practice of sea fishing for such as cod, ling and tusk.
  • * 2005 , James Coull, 7: The development of fishing communities with special reference to Scotland'', Jonathan Potts, Hance D. Smith (editors), ''Managing Britain's Marine and Coastal Environment: Towards a Sustainable Future , page 145,
  • Although men concentrated at the main haaf stations during the summer fishing season, they reverted to their homes in crofting townships for the remainder of the year.

    Derived terms

    * haaf net * haaf netting

    hoof

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
  • (slang) The human foot.
  • (geometry, dated) An ungula.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To trample with hooves.
  • (colloquial) To walk.
  • (informal) To dance, especially as a professional.
  • (colloquial, football, transitive) to kick, especially to kick the football a long way downfield with little accuracy.
  • Synonyms

    * (to kick)