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Snell :: Snell (n.) A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line..

Uncus :: Uncus (n.) A hook or claw.

Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.

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

Foothook :: Foothook (n.) See Futtock.

Hook :: Hook (n.) A field sown two years in succession.

Angulous :: Angulous (a.) Angular; having corners; hooked.

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

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering..

Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle.

Fishhook :: Fishhook (n.) A hook for catching fish.

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner..

Hooking :: Hooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hoo.

Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc..

Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..

Angle :: Angle (v. i.) To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line..

Tug :: Tug (n.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed..

Crook :: Crook (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep..

Falciform :: Falciform (a.) Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver..

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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