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Unguiculated :: Unguiculated (a.) Furnished with nails, claws, or hooks; clawed. See the Note under Nail, n., 1..

Averruncator :: Averruncator (n.) An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod..

Hockey :: Hockey (n.) A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals..

Hooked :: Hooked (a.) Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird..

Adhamant :: Adhamant (a.) Clinging, as by hooks..

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..

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

Unguis :: Unguis (n.) One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.

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

Adunque :: Adunque (a.) Hooked; as, a parrot has an adunc bill..

Agraffe :: Agraffe (n.) A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration..

Hooke''s Joint :: Hooke's joint () A universal joint. See under Universal.

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

Clasp :: Clasp (n.) An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc..

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..

Hamiform :: Hamiform (n.) Hook-shaped.

Shook :: Shook (imp.) of Shak.

Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

Proleg :: Proleg (n.) One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larvae of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped, propleg, and falseleg..

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..

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