Definition of hook

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Hook (n.) That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns..

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Seta :: Seta (n.) One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form..
Eyehole :: Eyehole (n.) A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet..
Foothook :: Foothook (n.) See Futtock.
Barb :: Barb (n.) The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else..
Twibil :: Twibil (n.) A reaping hook.
Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A Dutch vessel with two masts.
Fishhook :: Fishhook (n.) A hook for catching fish.
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..
Hamous :: Hamous () Having the end hooked or curved.
Uncinus :: Uncinus (n.) One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata.
Sniggle :: Sniggle (v. t.) To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare..
Shook :: Shook (imp.) of Shak.
Poy :: Poy (n.) A long boat hook by which barges are propelled against the stream.
Griff :: Griff (n.) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.
Handbill :: Handbill (n.) A pruning hook.
Unguiculated :: Unguiculated (a.) Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..
Hatstand :: Hatstand (n.) A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc..
Can Hook :: Can hook () A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves..
Shake :: Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings.
Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin..
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