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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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666 words match “HOOK”

Serving for example or pattern; exemplary. [Obs.] Hooker.

ency is over Israel. Ps. lxviii. 34. Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency. Hooker.

as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. Exclamations against abuses in the church. Hooker. Thus will I drown your exclamations. Shak. A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. Trench.

; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch. "Execrable pride." Hooker. -- Ex"e*cra*ble*ness, n. -- Ex"e*cra*bly, adv.

Exigency. Hooker.

. . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant, and such as their laws had not provided for. Hooker.

Free of impediment; unimpeded. To make the way plain and expedite. Hooker.

To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame. [Obs.] Minds exulcerated in themselves. Hooker.

EXULCERATION n.

A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker.

EYE n. 2 definitions

A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a dress.

A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.

uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible. "A marvelous fair-spoken man." Hooker.

FALCATE; FALCATED a.

Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent- formed.

Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver.

One of a family (Falconidæ) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.

Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.

Intensity of feeling or expression; glowing ardor; passion; holy zeal; earnestness. Hooker. Winged with fervor of her love. Shak.

Fuel. [Obs.] Hooker.

rence to truth; veracity; honesty. The principal thing required in a witness is fidelity. Hooker.

e, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish. Pope. The sword which is made fiery. Hooker. Fiery cross, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up arms. Sir W. Scott.