HOOK, n. 1. A piece of iron or other metal bent into a curve for catching, holding and sustaining any thing; as a hook for catching fish; a teeter-hook; a chimney-hook; a pot-hook, &c.2. A snare; a trap.3. A curving instrument for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping.4. That part of a hinge which is fixed or inserted in a post. Whence the phrase, to be off the hooks, to be unhinged, to be disturbed or disordered.5. A forked timber in a ship, placed on the keel.6. A catch; an advantage. [Vulgar.]7. In husbandry, a field sown two years running. [Local.]By hook and by crook, one way or other; by any means, direct or indirect. HOOK, v.t. To catch with a hook; as, to hook a fish. 1. To seize and draw, as with a hook.2. To fasten with a hook.3. To entrap; to ensnare.4. To draw by force or artifice.To hook on, to apply a hook. HOOK, v.i. To bend; to be curving. |
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