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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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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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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...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hook
There are several kinds used at sea, as boat-hooks, can-hooks, cat-hooks, fish-hooks, and the like. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Hook
Hooks
Various kinds of hooks are noticed in the Bible, of which the following are the most importan...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bill
·noun A pickax, or mattock.
II. Bill ·noun One who wields a bill; a billman.
III. Bill ·noun The b...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bill
A weapon or implement of war, a pike or halbert of the English infantry. It was formerly carried by ...
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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...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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.
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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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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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Bank bill
·- In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bill book
·- A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, ·etc., thus sho...
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Bill broker
·- One who negotiates the discount of bills.
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Bill holder
·- A person who holds a bill or acceptance.
II. Bill holder ·- A device by means of which bills, ·e...
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Brown bill
·- A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. ·see 4th Bill.
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Crane's-bill
·noun A pair of long-beaked forceps.
II. Crane's-bill ·noun The geranium;
— so named from the long...
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Duck's-bill
·adj Having the form of a duck's bill.
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Hedging bill
·- A hedge bill. ·see under <<Hedge>>.
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Ivory-bill
·noun A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp,...
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Parrot's-bill
·noun The glory pea. ·see under <<Glory>>.
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Ripper bill
·add. ·- An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of...
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Speckled-bill
·noun The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).
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Bill Alley
See Billet Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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apothecary's bill
A long bill.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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channel-bill
n.
name given to a birdresembling a large cuckoo, Scythrops novae-hollandiae,Lath. See Scythrops.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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kaka-bill
n.
a New Zealand plant, the Clianthus (q.v.), so called from the supposedresemblance of the flower ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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parrot-bill
n.
See kaka-bill.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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red-bill
n.
bird-name given to Estrelda temporalis, Lath. It is also appliedto the Oyster-catchers (q.v.); a...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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spine-bill
n.
an Australian «Honey-eater,» but not now so classed. There are two species – – The Slender Spine...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wedge-bill
n.
an Australian bird. ThisEnglish name for a species of humming-bird is applied inAustralia to Sph...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bank-bill
A bank-note.
Neither Johnson nor the other lexicographers have the term bank-note, though they all ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cranes-bill
(Geranium maculatum.) The popular name of a native geranium, which grows about fences and the edges ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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way-bill
A list of the passengers in a stage-coach, railroad car, steamboat, or other public conveyance.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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stock's-bill
geranium Robertianum. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bill-boards
Doubling under the fore-channels to the water-line, to protect the planking from the bill of the anc...
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bill-fish
See gar-fish.
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brown bill
The old weapon of the English infantry: hence, perhaps the expression "Brown Bess" for a musket.
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butcher's bill
A nickname for the official return of killed and wounded which follows an action.
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clean bill
(See bill of health.) When all are in health.
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cock-bill
The situation of the anchor when suspended from the cat-head ready for letting go. Also said of a ca...
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fire-bill
The distribution of the officers and crew in case of the alarm of fire, a calamity requiring judicio...
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foul bill
See bill of health.
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hawk's-bill
♦ Chelone imbricata, a well-known turtle frequenting the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, so named from h...
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quarter-bill
A list containing the different stations to which the officers and crew are quartered in time of act...
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quarterly bill
The document by which officers draw three months' personal pay.
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razor-bill
A sea-fowl allied to the auks, Alca torda.
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saw-bill
A name for the goosander, Mergus merganser.
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station-bill
A list containing the appointed posts of the crew when performing any evolution but action.
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victualling-bill
A custom-house document, warranting the shipment of such bonded stores as the master of an outward-b...
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watch-bill
The pocket "watch and station bill," which each officer is expected to produce if required, and inst...
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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. ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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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...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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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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bill at sight
To pay a bill at sight; to be ready at all times for the venereal act.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bill of sale
A widow's weeds.
See house to let.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bill of exchange
A means of remitting money from one country to another. The receiver must present it for acceptance ...
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bill of freedom
A full pass for a neutral in time of war.
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bill of health
A certificate properly authenticated by the consul, or other proper authority at any port, that the ...
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bill of lading
A memorandum by which the master of a ship acknowledges the receipt of the goods specified therein, ...
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bill of sale
A written document by which the property of a vessel, or shares thereof, are transferred to a purcha...
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bill of view
See bill of sight
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bill of sight
, or bill of view
A warrant for a custom-house officer to examine goods which had been shipped for...
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bill of store
A kind of license, or custom-house permission, for re-importing unsold goods from foreign ports duty...
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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.
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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...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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