1. a horse's hoof , (Hesiod):—;also, a cloven hoof , (Euripides)

2. in plural, of the talons of a bird, [variant datesTragica Adespota; of a wolf's claws , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus)

3. a sea-bank, breakwater , formed of stones laid at the base of a sea-wall, to break the force of the waves (so called because it projected like a hoof) , Lat. crepido, (Thucydides)

4. the spur of a mountain or ridge of rocks answering a like purpose, (Thucydides)

5. a cloven implement , such as a netting-needle;—; compare χηλεύω. (ML)