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Definition of hook

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Hook (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc..

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Snood :: Snood (n.) A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.

Crochet :: Crochet (v. t. & i.) To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl..

Barb :: Barb (v. t.) To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc..

Hooke''s Gearing :: Hooke's gearing () Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle..

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..

Creeper :: Creeper (n.) An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there..

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

Shook :: Shook () imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake.

Hair :: Hair (n.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar)..

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..

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

Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked..

Eyehole :: Eyehole (n.) A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet..

Hamulus :: Hamulus (n.) A hook, or hooklike process..

Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.

Goracco :: Goracco (n.) A paste prepared from tobacco, and smoked in hookahs in Western India..

Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door..

Uncinate :: Uncinate (a.) Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process..

Shook :: Shook () of Shak.

Arm :: Arm (v. t.) To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling..