Hook, Theodore Edward

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• Hook

  ·noun A snare; a trap. II. Hook ·noun ·see <<Eccentric>>, and V-hook. III. Hook ·vt To <<Steal>>. ...

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• Hook

  1) Heb. hah, a "ring" inserted in the nostrils of animals to which a cord was fastened for the purpo...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• hook

  (Dutch, hock, a corner.) This name is given in New York to several angular points in the North and E...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• hook

  There are several kinds used at sea, as boat-hooks, can-hooks, cat-hooks, fish-hooks, and the like. ...

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• Hook

  Hooks Various kinds of hooks are noticed in the Bible, of which the following are the most importan...

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• Parker, Theodore

  (1810-1860) Theologian, b. at Lexington, Massachusetts, ed. at Harvard, was an indefatigable studen...

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• Winthrop, Theodore

  (1828-1861) Novelist, b. at New Haven, Conn., descended through his f. from Governor W., and throug...

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• Can hook

  ·- A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by...

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• Cant hook

  ·- A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; — used for canting or turning over heavy ...

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• Hook-billed

  ·adj Having a strongly curved bill. ...

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• Hook-nosed

  ·adj Having a hooked or aquiline nose. ...

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• Kranging hook

  ·- A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away. ...

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• V hook

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

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• Flesh-hook

  A many-pronged fork used in the sacrificial services (1 Sam. 2:13, 14; Ex. 27:3; 38:3) by the priest...

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• Bradley, Edward

  (1827-1889) Novelist, was a clergyman. He wrote under the name of "Cuthbert Bede" a few novels and ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Caird, Edward

  (1835-1908) Philosopher, younger brother of John C. (q.v.), was b. at Greenock, and ed. at Glasgow ...

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• Cave, Edward

  (1691-1754) Publisher, b. near Rugby, started in 1731 The Gentleman's Magazine, for which Dr. Johns...

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• Eggleston, Edward

  (1837-1902) Novelist, b. at Vevay, Indiana, was a Methodist minister. He wrote a number of tales, s...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Fairfax, Edward

  (1580?-1635) Translator, natural s. of Sir Thomas F., lived at Fuystone, near Knaresborough, in pea...

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• Fitzgerald, Edward

  (1809-1883) Translator and letter-writer, was b. near Woodbridge, Suffolk, s. of John Purcell, who ...

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• Gibbon, Edward

  (1737-1794) Historian, was b. at Putney of an ancient Kentish family. His f. was Edward G., and his...

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• Hall, or Halle, Edward

  (1499?-1547) Chronicler, b. in London, studied successively at Camb. and Oxf. He was a lawyer, and ...

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• Howard, Edward

  (d. 1841) Novelist, a sea-comrade of Captain Marryat, and as sub ed. assisted him in conducting the...

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• Irving, Edward

  (1792-1834) Theologian and orator, b. at Annan, Dumfriesshire, and ed. at Edin. Univ., for some yea...

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• Lear, Edward

  (1812-1888) Artist and miscellaneous author, b. in London, and settled in Rome as a landscape paint...

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• Moore, Edward

  (1712-1757) Fabulist and dramatist, s. of a dissenting minister, was b. at Abingdon. After being in...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Saxby, Edward

  (d. 1658) B. in Suffolk, and was in Cromwell's Horse. His extreme republican views, however, led hi...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Stillingfleet, Edward

  (1635-1699) Theologian, b. at Cranbourne, Dorsetshire, ed. at Camb., entered the Church, and held m...

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• Young, Edward

  (1683-1765) Poet, s. of the Rector of Upham, Hampshire, where he was b. After being at Winchester S...

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• Arber, Edward

  D.Litt Literary antiquary. Has issued many reprints of rare books. English Reprints, English Schola...

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• Berdoe, Edward

  (b. 1836) Writer on Browning, etc. Browning's Message to his Time (1890), Browning Cyclopædia (1891...

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• Clodd, Edward

  (b. 1840) Scientific writer, etc. The Childhood of the World (1872), The Childhood of Religions (18...

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• Dowden, Edward

  LL.D., D.C.L. (b. 1843) Literary critic, etc. Shakespeare, his Mind and Art (1875), Shakespeare Pr...

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• Garnett, Edward

  (b. 1868) Dramatic critic, etc. An Imaged World (1894), The Breaking Point (a censored play, 1907)....

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• Hutton, Edward

  (b. 1875) Writer on Italian Art, etc. Italy and the Italians (1902), The Cities of Umbria (1905), T...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Thomas, Edward

  Reviewer and miscellaneous writer. Book of the Open Air, Horæ Solitaræ, Oxford, Beautiful Wales, The...

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• cant-hook

  A wooden lever, with an iron hook at one end, with which heavy articles of merchandise or timber are...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bank-hook

  A large fish-hook laid baited in running water, attached by a line to the bank. ...

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• bid-hook

  A small kind of boat-hook. ...

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• bill-hook

  A species of hatchet used in wooding a ship, similar to that used by hedgers. ...

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• boat-hook

  An iron hook with a straight prong at its hinder part; it is fixed upon a pole, by the help of which...

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• cant-hook

  A lever with a hook at one end for heavy articles. ...

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• cat-hook

  A strong hook which is a continuation of the iron strop of the cat-block, used to hook the ring of t...

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• chain-hook

  An iron rod with a handling-eye at one end, and a hook at the other, for hauling the chain-cables ab...

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• clasp-hook

  An iron clasp, in two parts, moving upon the same pivot, and overlapping one another. Used for bendi...

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• clove-hook

  Synonymous with clasp-hook. ...

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• deck-hook

  The compass timber bolted horizontally athwart a ship's bow, connecting the stem, timbers, and deck-...

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• gaff-hook

  In fishing, a strong iron hook set on a handle, supplementing the powers of the line and fish-hook w...

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• gorge-hook

  Two hooks separated by a piece of lead, for the taking of pike or other voracious fish. ...

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• hawse-hook

  A compass breast timber which crosses the hawse-timber above the ends of the upper-deck planking, an...

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• hook-block

  Any block, of iron or wood, strapped with a hook. ...

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• hook-bolts

  Those used to secure lower-deck ports. ...

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• hook-pots

  Tin cans fitted to hang on the bars of the galley range. ...

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• hook-ropes

  A rope 6 or 8 fathoms long, with a hook and thimble spliced at one end, and whipped at the other: it...

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• hook-scarph

  In ship-carpentry, the joining of two pieces of wood by a strong method of hook-butting, which mode ...

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• keel hook

  Means any anchor; as, "she has come to a keelock." ...

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• pump-hook

  An iron rod with an eye and a hook, used for drawing out the lower pump-box when requisite. ...

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• rave-hook

  In ship carpentry, a hooked iron tool used when enlarging the butts for receiving a sufficient quant...

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• sail-hook

  A small hook used for holding the seams of a sail while in the act of sewing. ...

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• towing-hook

  See towing-bridle. ...

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• wad-hook

  An iron tool shaped like a double cork-screw on the end of a long staff, for withdrawing wads or cha...

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• Martin, Sir Theodore

  (1816-1909) Poet, biographer, and translator, s. of James M., solicitor in Edin., where he was b. a...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Tuckerman, Henry Theodore

  (1813-1871) Essayist, etc., b. in Boston, Mass. He was a sympathetic and delicate critic, with a gr...

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• Watts-Dunton, Theodore

  (b. 1832) Poet, novelist, and critic. The Coming of Love, Rhona Boswell's Story (1897), Aylwin (189...

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• Brown, Thomas Edward

  (1830-1897) Poet, b. at Douglas, Isle of Man, s. of a clergyman, and ed. there and at Oxf., entered...

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• Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of

  (1608-1674) Lawyer, statesman, and historian, s. of a country gentleman of good estate in Wiltshire...

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• Dyer, Sir Edward

  (1545?-1607) Poet, b. at Sharpham Park, Somerset, and ed. at Oxf., was introduced to the Court by t...

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• Freeman, Edward Augustus

  (1823-1892) Historian, s. of John F., was b. at Harborne, Staffordshire. He lost both his parents i...

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• Hook, Walter Farquhar

  (1798-1875) Biographer, s. of James H., Dean of Worcester, b. at Worcester, and ed. at Winchester a...

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• Lane, Edward William

  (1801-1876) Arabic scholar, s. of a prebendary of Hereford, where he was b., began life as an engra...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton-Bulwer, 1st Lord

  (1803-1873) Novelist and statesman, third son of General Earle Bulwer of Heydon and Dalling, Norfol...

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• Manning, Henry Edward

  (1808-1892) Cardinal and theologian. B. at Totteridge, Herts, and ed. at Harrow and Oxf., where he ...

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• Pinkney, Edward Coate

  (1802-1828) B. in London, where his f. was U.S. ambassador. He wrote a number of light, graceful sh...

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• Pusey, Edward Bouverie

  (1800-1882) Scholar and theologian, b. at Pusey, Berks, ed. at Eton and Oxf., belonged to the famil...

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• Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

  (1793-1872) A clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and Dean of Edinburgh in that communion f...

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• Trelawny, Edward John

  (1792-1881) Biographer, entered the navy, from which, however, he deserted, after which he wandered...

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• Beesly, Edward Spencer

  (b. 1831) Writer on history and philosophy. Catiline, Clodius, and Tiberius (1878), Queen Elizabeth...

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• Benson, Edward Frederic

  (b. 1867) Novelist. Dodo (1893), Rubicon (1894), Judgment Books (1895), The Babe B.A. (1897), Vinta...

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• Housman, Alfred Edward

  (b. 1859) Scholar, etc. A Shropshire Lad (1896), ed. Juvenal and other classics. ...

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• Lucas, Edward Verall

  (b. 1868) Novelist. Ed. of Lamb, etc. The Open Road (1899), Old-fashioned Tales (1905), The Friendl...

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• Norris, William Edward

  (b. 1846) Novelist. Heaps of Money (1877), Mademoiselle de Mersac, My Friend Jim, The Dancer in Yel...

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• Tylor, Edward Burnett

  LL.D., F.R.S. (b. 1832) Anthropologist. Anahuac, Mexico, and the Mexicans (1859), Researches into ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• King Edward Street

  1) South out of Tudor Street to William Street in the precincts of Bridewell (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 18...

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• foot-hook-shrouds

  See futtock-shrouds ...

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• hanging hook-pots

  Tin utensils fitted for hanging to the bars before the galley-grate. ...

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• hook and butt

  The scarphing or laying two ends of planks over each other. (See butt-and-butt and hook-scarph.) ...

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• Creasy, Sir Edward Shepherd

  (1812-1878) Historian, ed. at Eton and Camb., and called to the Bar in 1837, he became in 1840 Prof...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

  (1838-1903) Historian, the s. of a landed gentleman of Carlow, was b. near Dublin, and ed. at Chelt...

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• Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer, 1st Earl of Lytton

  (1831-1891) Poet and statesman, s. of the above, was ed. at Harrow and Bonn, and thereafter was pri...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Oxford, Edward de Vere, Earl of

  (1550-1604) Was a courtier of Queen Elizabeth, who lost his friends by his insolence and pride, and...

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• Bloundelle-Burton, John Edward

  (b. 1850) Novelist. Silent Shore (1886), Desert Ship (1890), Denounced (1896), A Bitter Heritage (1...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman

  LL.D., D.Litt., etc. (b. 1845) Critic and biographer. Short History of French Literature, etc. (18...

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• on one's own hook

  A phrase much used in familiar language, denoting on one's own account; as, 'He is doing business on...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• hook of the decks

  See breast-hooks. ...

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• by hook or by crook

  One way or other; by any expedient.--Johnson. It can't be done by hook or crook, Unless your Highn...

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• standing part of a hook

  That part which is attached to a block, chain, or anything which is to heave the hook up, with a wei...

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• hook and snivey, with nix the buffer

  This rig consists in feeding a man and a dog for nothing, and is carried on thus: Three men, one of ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose