Definition of hooked

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Hooked (a.) Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird..

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Hookedness :: Hookedness (n.) The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
Hamular :: Hamular (a.) Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone..
Angulous :: Angulous (a.) Angular; having corners; hooked.
Falcated :: Falcated (a.) Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed..
Cleavers :: Cleavers (n.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc..
Aquiline :: Aquiline (a.) Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose.
Toothbill :: Toothbill (n.) A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea..
Play :: Play (v. t.) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it..
Uncous :: Uncous (a.) Hooklike; hooked.
Subadvocate :: Subaduncate (a.) Somewhat hooked or curved.
Hockey :: Hockey (n.) A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals..
Uncinate :: Uncinate (a.) Hooked; bent at the tip in the form of a hook; as, an uncinate process..
Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..
Unfalcated :: Unfalcated (a.) Not falcated, or hooked..
Hooked :: Hooked (a.) Provided with a hook or hooks.
Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
Billhook :: Billhook (n.) A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter..
Router :: Router (n.) A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity..
Adunque :: Adunque (a.) Hooked; as, a parrot has an adunc bill..
Obuncous :: Obuncous (a.) Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree.
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