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A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.

One of the iron hooks to which the port hinges are attached. J. Knowles.

A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing. "I long to be spelling her Arabic scrawls and pothooks." Dryden.

A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum.

A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook. Dryden.

To pack, as staves, in a shook.

To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress.

A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V.

in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet. Hook.

ion. That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible Hooker.

The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. Hooker.

. 15. Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker.

The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.

To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook. [Obs.]

iately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. Hooker.

ds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be. Hooker.

Clinging, as by hooks.

Hooked; as, a parrot has an adunc bill.

Curvature inwards; hookedness. The aduncity of the beaks of hawks. Pope.

Curved inwards; hooked.