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Whirl :: Whirl (v. t.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine, to which the threads to be twisted are attached..

Hook :: Hook (n.) See Eccentric, and V-hook..

Claw :: Claw (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird..

Hook-nosed :: Hook-nosed (a.) Having a hooked or aquiline nose.

Torus :: Torus (n.) One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicolae.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing..

Hooke''s Joint :: Hooke's joint () A universal joint. See under Universal.

Span :: Span (v. t.) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used..

Skid :: Skid (n.) A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose..

Sockdolager :: Sockdolager (n.) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites..

Spillet Fishing :: Spiller (n.) A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.

Tenter :: Tenter (n.) A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square..

Aduncous :: Aduncous (a.) Curved inwards; hooked.

Unfalcated :: Unfalcated (a.) Not falcated, or hooked..

Angle :: Angle (n.) A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod..

Grubber :: Grubber (n.) One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc..

Scimitar :: Scimitar (n.) A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.

Hooky :: Hooky (a.) Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.

Swivel :: Swivel (a.) A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis..

Nereis :: Nereis (n.) A genus, including numerous species, of marine chaetopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennae, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws..

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