Definition of hook

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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..

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Hasp :: Hasp (n.) A clasp, especially a metal strap permanently fast at one end to a staple or pin, while the other passes over a staple, and is fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a metallic hook for fastening a door..
Rhipidoglossa :: Rhipidoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix..
Hamulus :: Hamulus (n.) A hooked barbicel of a feather.
Block :: Block (v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles..
Fancywork :: Fancywork (n.) Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc..
Hooke''s Joint :: Hooke's joint () A universal joint. See under Universal.
Hooker :: Hooker (n.) One who, or that which, hooks..
Pothook :: Pothook (n.) A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing.
Hookah :: Hookah (n.) A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water..
Router :: Router (n.) A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity..
Bait :: Bait (v. t.) To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook..
Hook :: Hook (n.) That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns..
Fishhook :: Fishhook (n.) A hook for catching fish.
Mourne :: Mourne (n.) The armed or feruled end of a staff; in a sheephook, the end of the staff to which the hook is attached..
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there..
Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) A line with a row of hooks and bead/shaped sinkers.
Seta :: Seta (n.) One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form..
Can Hook :: Can hook () A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves..
Squier :: Squid (n.) A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid..
Ganch :: Ganch (n.) To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment..
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