Hook, Walter Farquhar

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• Walter

  ·vi To roll or wallow; to <<Welter>>. ...

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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...

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• hook

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

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• 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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• Farquhar, George

  (1678-1707) Dramatist, b. at Londonderry, s. of a clergyman, and ed. at Trinity Coll., Dublin, on l...

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• Bagehot, Walter

  (1826-1877) Economist, s. of a banker, b. at Langport, Somerset, ed. at University Coll., London, a...

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• Bower, or Bowmaker, Walter

  (d. 1449) Was Abbot of Inchcolm, and continued and enlarged Fordun's Scotichronicon. ...

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• Charleton, Walter

  (1619-1707) Miscellaneous writer, ed. at Oxf., was titular physician to Charles I. He was a copious...

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• Goodall, Walter

  (1706?-1766) Historical writer, b. in Banffshire, and ed. King's Coll., Aberdeen, became assistant ...

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• Kennedy, Walter

  (fl. 1500) S. of Lord K., was ed. at Glasgow, and is perhaps best known as Dunbar's antagonist in t...

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• Whitman, Walter or Walt

  (1819-1892) Poet, was b. at Huntingdon, Long Island, New York. His mother was of Dutch descent, and...

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• Leaf, Walter

  Litt.D. (b. 1852) Scholar and translator. The Iliad of Homer translated into English Prose (with A...

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• Raleigh, Walter

  (b. 1861) Biographer and critic. The English Novel (1894), Robert Louis Stevenson (1895), Style (18...

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• Tupper, Martin Farquhar

  (1810-1889) Versifier, s. of a surgeon, was b. in London, ed. at Charterhouse School and Oxf., and ...

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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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• cant-hook

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

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• 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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• Besant, Sir Walter

  (1836-1901) Novelist and historian of London, b. at Portsmouth and ed. at King's Coll., London, and...

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• Landor, Walter Savage

  (1775-1864) Poet and miscellaneous author, s. of a physician, was b. at Ipsley Court, Warwick, the ...

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• Map, or Mapes, Walter de

  (fl. 1200) Ecclesiastical statesman and romancist. Most of the facts about him are gleaned from his...

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• Pater, Walter Horatio

  (1839-1894) Essayist and critic, s. of Richard G.P., of American birth and Dutch extraction, a bene...

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• Raleigh, Sir Walter

  (1552?-1618) Explorer, statesman, admiral, historian, and poet, s. of Walter R., of Fardel, Devonsh...

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• Scott, Sir Walter

  (1771-1832) Poet, novelist, and biographer, s. of Walter S., a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, a...

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• Smith, Walter Chalmers

  (1824-1908) B. in Aberdeen and ed. there and at Edin., was a minister of the Free Church of Scotlan...

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• Pollock, Walter Herries

  (b. 1850) Poet and miscellaneous writer. The Modern French Theatre (1878), Verse, Old and New, Seal...

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• Prothero, George Walter

  Litt.D., LL.D., etc. (b. 1848) Historian. Life and Times of Simon de Montfort (1877), Memoir of He...

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• Hook, Theodore Edward

  (1788-1841) Dramatist and novelist, s. of James H., music-hall composer, was b. in London, and ed. ...

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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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• Skeat, Rev. Walter William

  Litt.D., LL.D. (b. 1835) Philologist and Early English scholar; has ed. Langland's Piers Plowman, ...

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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...

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• hook of the decks

  See breast-hooks. ...

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• Ward of Walter le Poter'

  3 Ed. I. (Rot. Hund. I. p.409). Identified with Cornhill Ward (Beavan, 1.375). ...

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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 ...

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