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2 words match “V HOOK”

V HOOK n.
A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V.
HOOK n.
from the top of a wall. -- Hook motion (Steam Engin.), a valve gear which is reversed by V hooks. -- Hook squid, any squid which has the arms furnished with hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera Enoploteuthis and Onychteuthis. -- Hook wrench, a wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end, instead of a jaw, for…