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Crapnel :: Crapnel (n.) A hook or drag; a grapnel.

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering..

Hamite :: Hamite (n.) A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form..

Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..

Pullback :: Pullback (n.) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point..

Hooked :: Hooked (a.) Provided with a hook or hooks.

Scimitar :: Scimitar (n.) A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.

Trawl :: Trawl (n.) A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter..

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

Hooklet :: Hooklet (n.) A little hook.

Hook :: Hook (n.) See Eccentric, and V-hook..

Nereis :: Nereis (n.) A genus, including numerous species, of marine chaetopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennae, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws..

Fancywork :: Fancywork (n.) Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc..

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..

Meak :: Meak (n.) A hook with a long handle.

Cottrel :: Cottrel (n.) A trammel, or hook to support a pot over a fire..

Sockdolager :: Sockdolager (n.) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites..

Hitch :: Hitch (n.) The act of catching, as on a hook, etc..

Hooke''s Gearing :: Hooke's gearing () Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle..

Aduncity :: Aduncity (n.) Curvature inwards; hookedness.

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