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Fondness; affection. [Obs.] Hooker.

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. Hooker.

A hook or clasp. The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants. Sir W. Scott.

Hooks and eyes for armor, etc. Fairholt.

hese speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use. Hooker.

aking different. Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. Hooker.

le (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.

predecessor. [Obs.] Junius and Andronicus . . . in Christianity . . . were his ancients. Hooker.

Hook-shaped.

the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine. "Angelic harps." Thomson."Angelical actions." Hooker. The union of womanly tenderness and angelic patience. Macaulay. Angelic Hymn, a very ancient hymn of the Christian Church; -- so called from its beginning with the song of the heavenly host recorded in Luke ii. 14. Eadie.…

A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. Pope. Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 90º. -- Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg commo…

Angular; having corners; hooked. [R.] Held together by hooks and angulous involutions. Glanvill.

An elephant goad with a sharp spike and hook, resembling a short-handled boat hook. [India] Kipling.

The state of being annihilated. Hooker.

An anomaly; a deviation from rule. Hooker.

nt. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

isterial authority by a succession of bishops from the apostles to any subsequent period. Hook.

er by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5.

ood may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. Hooker.

Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose Terribly arched and aquiline his nose. Cowper.