cant-hook

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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.

• Cant hook

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

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Can't

  ·- A colloquial contraction for can not. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Cant

  ·noun A corner; angle; niche. II. Cant ·noun An outer or external angle. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• cant

  1) An hypocrite, a double-tongue palavering fellow. See palaver. 2) To cant; to toss or throw: as,...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to cant

  To turn about; to turn over; a common use of the word, not mentioned by Johnson or Todd. It is, howe...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• cant

  1) strong, lusty : very cant, God yield you ; i. e. very strong and lusty, God reward you. Chesh. 2...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• cant

  A cut made in a whale between the neck and the fins, to which the cant-purchase is made fast, for tu...

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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...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• cant, to

  To turn anything about, or so that it does not stand square. To diverge from a central right line. C...

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• cant-blocks

  The large purchase-blocks used by whalers to cant the whales round under the process of flensing. ...

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• cant-body

  An imaginary figure of that part of a ship's body which forms the shape forward and aft, and whose p...

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• cant-falls

  See spike-tackle. ...

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• cant-line

  Synonymous with girt-line, as to cant the top over the lowermast-head. ...

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• cant-purchase

  This is formed by a block suspended from the mainmast-head, and another block made fast to the cant ...

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• cant-ribbons

  Those ribbons that do not lie in a horizontal or level direction. ...

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• cant-rope

  See four-cant. ...

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• cant-spar

  A hand-mast pole, fit for making small masts or yards, booms, &c. ...

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• cant-timbers

  They derive their name from being canted or raised obliquely from the keel. The upper ends of those ...

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• four-cant

  A rope composed of four strands. ...

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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...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• V hook

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

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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

• 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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• 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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• can't come it

  is a vulgar expression for cannot do it. "You can't come it over me so," i. e. you cannot effect you...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• 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

• 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

• 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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• 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...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• 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

• the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.

  Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose