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

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish..

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

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

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

Falcated :: Falcated (a.) Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed..

Trawl :: Trawl (n.) A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter..

Toothbill :: Toothbill (n.) A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea..

Billman :: Billman (n.) One who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked ax..

Meak :: Meak (n.) A hook with a long handle.

Burton :: Burton (n.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part..

Jig :: "Jig (n.) A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached..

Epignathous :: Epignathous (a.) Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower.

Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light..

Hatstand :: Hatstand (n.) A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc..

Poy :: Poy (n.) A long boat hook by which barges are propelled against the stream.

Uncinus :: Uncinus (n.) One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata.

Aquiline :: Aquiline (a.) Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose.

Hook-billed :: Hook-billed (a.) Having a strongly curved bill.

Uncous :: Uncous (a.) Hooklike; hooked.

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