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Unciform :: Unciform (a.) Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike.

Unfalcated :: Unfalcated (a.) Not falcated, or hooked..

Shook :: Shook (v. t.) To pack, as staves, in a shook..

Hitch :: Hitch (n.) The act of catching, as on a hook, etc..

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..

Howker :: Howker (n.) Same as Hooker.

Hooke''s Gearing :: Hooke's gearing () Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle..

Shake :: Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings.

Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement..

Hookah :: Hookah (n.) A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water..

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.

Angle :: Angle (v. i.) To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line..

Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors..

Hook-billed :: Hook-billed (a.) Having a strongly curved bill.

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook..

Pothook :: Pothook (n.) An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire.

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..

Epignathous :: Epignathous (a.) Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower.

Eyehole :: Eyehole (n.) A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet..

Shook :: Shook () imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake.

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