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.
To hoe one's row, to do one's share of a
job. [Colloq.]
Hoe, v. i. To use a hoe; to labor
with a hoe.
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.
2. (Zoöl.) 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.