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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A fissure in the side of a horse's hoof, often causing lameness.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fissure or crack in the hoof of a horse, extending from the coronet downward toward the sole.
  • noun A crack which forms in a molded brick prior to burning, due to imperfect mixing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A vertical fissure in the wall of a horse's hoof; a quarter crack.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a fissure in the wall of a horse's hoof often causing lameness

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