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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The horned or piked dogfish. See Dogfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dutch hoe, one having the blade set for use in the manner of a spade. --
Horse hoe, a kind of cultivator. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

To hoe one's row, to do one's share of a job. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To use a hoe; to labor with a hoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe. [ Southern U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A local Orkney name; cf. Icel. hār. ] (Zool.) The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver. [ 1913 Webster ]