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Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.

A universal joint. See under Universal.

Having the form of a hookl curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.

The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.

One who, or that which, hooks.

See Hockey.

A little hook.

Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.

Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A small black gibbon (Hylobates hoolock), found in the mountains of Assam.

Home. Chaucer.

An Indian monkey. See Entellus. [Written also hoonuman.]

A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.

One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.

epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.

A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana. [U.S.]

Indiana; -- a nickname of obscure origin.

To cry out or shout in contempt. Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more. Dryden.

A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating.

Affected with hoove; as, hooven, or hoven, cattle.