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y intents wicked or charitable. Shak. The principal intent of Scripture is to deliver the Hooker. To all intents, and purposes, in all applications or senses; practically; really; virtually; essentially. "He was miserable to all intents and purpose." L'Estrange.

To interest or affect. [Obs.] Hooker.

be interested in those precious blessings which any one of them receiveth at God's hands. Hooker.

To mingle or mix together; to intermix. Hooker.

Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research. Hooker.

aining invitations. The "Venite" [Psalm xcv.], which is also called the invitatory psalm. Hook.

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.

A hackney coach. [Slang, Eng.] The litter at the bottom of the jarvy. T. Hook.

A trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook attached.

low, regular, jolting gait; hence, a routine habit or method, persistently adhered to. T. Hook.

ne or produced by two or more working together. I read this joint effusion twice over. T. Hook.

-colored glass. -- Junk dealer, a dealer in old cordage, old metal, glass, etc. -- Junk hook (Whaling), a hook for hauling heavy pieces of blubber on deck. -- Junk ring. (a) A packing of soft material round the piston of a steam engine. (b) A metallic ring for retaining a piston packing in place; (c) A follower. --…

of so great a difficulty, the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for. Hooker.

net, a small, bag-shaped net, used in fishing to take the fish from the water after being hooked. -- Landing stage, a floating platform attached at one end to a wharf in such a manner as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the stage. -- Landing waite…

A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube.

ccl.), a layman who leads the responses of the congregation, etc., in the church service. Hook. -- Lay days (Com.), time allowed in a charter party for taking in and discharging cargo. McElrath. -- Lay elder. See 2d Elder, 3, note.

leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached.

A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.

Leisurely. [Obs.] Hooker.

glory of God and the good of his church . . . ought to be the mark whereat we also level. Hooker. She leveled at our purposes. Shak.