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  2. Heads in heraldry - Wikipedia

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    A Turk's head couped in the arms of the Hungarian town Komádi.. The heads of humans and other animals are frequently occurring charges in heraldry.The blazon, or heraldic description, usually states whether an animal's head is couped (as if cut off cleanly at the neck), erased (as if forcibly ripped from the body), or cabossed (turned affronté without any of the neck showing).

  3. Kosher animals - Wikipedia

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    The hare, for chewing the cud without having cloven hooves. [2] [5] The pig, for having cloven hooves without chewing the cud. [6] [7] While camels possess a single stomach, and are thus not true ruminants, they do chew cud; additionally, camels do not have hooves at all, but rather separate toes on individual toe pads, with hoof-like toenails.

  4. Logogriph - Wikipedia

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    In explanation, cut off COD’s head and it becomes OD (i.e. odd, or singular); cut off its tail, and it becomes CO (company, plurality); cut off both to leave O (nothing, emptiness); the head of the word is the letter C, which sounds like SEA; the tail is D, which sounds like the River Dee, and COD itself may play in the depths of both.

  5. Three Blind Mice - Wikipedia

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    Soon after, their tails are removed by "the butcher's wife" when the complete version incorporates the original verse—although the earliest version from 1609 does not mention tails being cut off. The story ends with them using a tonic to grow new tails and recover their eyesight, learning a trade (making wood chips, according to the ...

  6. Hoofs and Goofs - Wikipedia

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    Hoofs and Goofs was the first Three Stooges short featuring Joe Besser as the third Stooge; filming was completed April 18–20, 1956. [1] According to Besser's autobiography Not Just a Stooge, Besser spoke to Moe shortly before filming to convey his condolences over the death of Shemp Howard the year before. Joe and Shemp had been good friends ...

  7. Livestock dehorning - Wikipedia

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    A curved knife can be used to cut the horn off when the calf is younger than a couple of months old. It is a simple procedure where the horn and the growth ring is cut off to remove the horn. For under eight months of age, but after the horns are starting to grow attached to the skull, a cup dehorner or Gigli saw (a type of surgical cutting ...

  8. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2013 September 18 ...

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    Literally, if one slashed his or others horse's hooves it disables (hobbles) the horse from going very far. Perhaps, one can look in horse husbandry or horse use/misuse (in time of war, to make an escape) for such an act.

  9. Graeme Parker - Wikipedia

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    Graeme Milroy Glen Parker (born 1982 [3]) is a Scottish cattle hoof trimmer and YouTuber.His YouTube channel, The Hoof GP, was created in 2019 and primarily consists of videos of hoof trimming.