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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..

Obuncous :: Obuncous (a.) Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree.

Cleavers :: Cleavers (n.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc..

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

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.

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..

Fishhook :: Fishhook (n.) A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked..

Unhooked :: Unhooked (a.) Without nooks and corners; guileless.

Needle :: Needle (n.) A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting..

Hagbut :: Hagbut (n.) A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim..

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

Span :: Span (v. t.) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used..

Subadvocate :: Subaduncate (a.) Somewhat hooked or curved.

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

Loop :: Loop (n.) A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight..

Hooked :: Hooked (imp. & p. p.) of Hoo.

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

Play :: Play (v. t.) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it..

Hamate :: Hamate (a.) Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.

Aquiline :: Aquiline (a.) Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose.

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