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Hamiform :: Hamiform (n.) Hook-shaped.

Pothook :: Pothook (n.) A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing.

Uncinus :: Uncinus (n.) One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata.

Hook :: Hook (n.) The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.

Boss :: Boss (n.) A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder..

Claw :: Claw (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird..

Play :: Play (v. t.) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it..

Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A Dutch vessel with two masts.

Subadvocate :: Subaduncate (a.) Somewhat hooked or curved.

Skid :: Skid (n.) A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose..

Goracco :: Goracco (n.) A paste prepared from tobacco, and smoked in hookahs in Western India..

Hooke''s Joint :: Hooke's joint () A universal joint. See under Universal.

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube..

Agraffe :: Agraffe (n.) A hook or clasp.

Spillet Fishing :: Spiller (n.) A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.

Shook :: Shook () imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake.

Hair :: Hair (n.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar)..

Shook :: Shook () of Shak.

Foothook :: Foothook (n.) See Futtock.

Block :: Block (v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles..

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