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Definition of hook

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Hook (n.) The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.

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Crapnel :: Crapnel (n.) A hook or drag; a grapnel.

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

Hook :: Hook (n.) A snare; a trap.

Down :: Down (n.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets..

Shook :: Shook () of Shak.

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.

Hooked :: Hooked (a.) Provided with a hook or hooks.

Hookedness :: Hookedness (n.) The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.

Aduncous :: Aduncous (a.) Curved inwards; hooked.

Agraffe :: Agraffe (n.) A hook or clasp.

Skid :: Skid (n.) A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose..

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

Top-block :: Top-block (n.) A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast..

Barb :: Barb (v. t.) To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc..

Bait :: Bait (v. t.) To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook..

Boss :: Boss (n.) A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder..

Crook :: Crook (n.) A pothook.

Leaper :: Leaper (n.) A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.

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

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..