hookee walker | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Walker
·vt A fuller of cloth. II. Walker ·noun One who walks; a pedestrian. III. Walker ·noun That with w...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
walker
a fuller ; a WALK-MILL, a fulling mill : a Belg. WALCHER, fullo; hoc ii verb. Belg. WALCHEN ; Ital. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
matthew walker
A knot, so termed from the originator. It is formed by a half hitch on each strand in the direction ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
night-walker
A fish of a reddish colour, about the size of a haddock, so named by Cook's people from the greatest...

The Sailor's Word-Book