Definition of hook

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

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Forehook :: Forehook (n.) A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook..
Hook :: Hook (v. i.) To bend; to curve as a hook.
Hamiform :: Hamiform (n.) Hook-shaped.
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish..
Router :: Router (n.) A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity..
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..
Gaff :: Gaff (n.) A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish..
Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube..
Crochet :: Crochet (v. t. & i.) To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl..
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..
Hook-billed :: Hook-billed (a.) Having a strongly curved bill.
Rhipidoglossa :: Rhipidoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix..
Play :: Play (v. t.) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it..
Hook :: 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..
Hookedness :: Hookedness (n.) The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
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..
Unguiculated :: Unguiculated (a.) Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..
Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout..
Barb :: Barb (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
Hook :: Hook (n.) A field sown two years in succession.
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