Definition of hook

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Hook (v. i.) To bend; to curve as a hook.

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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..
Pothook :: Pothook (n.) An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire.
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..
Bill :: Bill (n.) A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill..
Snood :: Snood (n.) A short line (often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.
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..
Pullback :: Pullback (n.) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point..
Hooker :: Hooker (n.) One who, or that which, hooks..
Unciform :: Unciform (a.) Having the shape of a hook; being of a curved or hooked from; hooklike.
Agraffe :: Agraffe (n.) A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration..
Tenter :: Tenter (n.) A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square..
Handbill :: Handbill (n.) A pruning hook.
Troll :: Troll (v. i.) To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to fish by drawing the hook through the water..
Unfalcated :: Unfalcated (a.) Not falcated, or hooked..
Pothook :: Pothook (n.) A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing.
Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To steal.
Crochet :: Crochet (n.) A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively..
Kranging Hook :: Kranging hook () A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away.
Hamous :: Hamous () Having the end hooked or curved.
Caterpillar :: Caterpillar (n.) The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutw
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