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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Hook :: Hook (n.) An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
Hamated :: Hamated (a.) Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate..
Breasthook :: Breasthook (n.) A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side..
Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin..
Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A Dutch vessel with two masts.
Macaw :: Macaw (n.) Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted..
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..
Shook :: Shook (imp.) of Shak.
Leaper :: Leaper (n.) A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
Router :: Router (n.) A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity..
Hamulate :: Hamulate (a.) Furnished with a small hook; hook-shaped.
Shook :: Shook (n.) A set of boards for a sugar box.
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..
Foothook :: Foothook (n.) See Futtock.
Falciform :: Falciform (a.) Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver..
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..
Ancistroid :: Ancistroid (a.) Hook-shaped.
Shook :: Shook () of Shak.
Uncinate :: Uncinate (a.) Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process..
Hook-billed :: Hook-billed (a.) Having a strongly curved bill.
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