HOUTOU
Hou"tou, n. Etym: [From its note.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A beautiful South American motmot. Waterton.
HOUVE
Houve, n. Etym: [AS. hufe.]
Defn: A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
HOUYHNHNM
Hou*yhnhnm", n.
Defn: One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men.
HOVE
Hove, imp. & p. p.
Defn: of Heave. Hove short, Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave.
HOVE
Hove, v. i. & t.
Defn: To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell. [Obs. or Scot.]
Holland. Burns.