Hook: alternatives and connections

To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.

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To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.

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A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively.

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A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively.

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A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.

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A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.

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To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

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To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

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To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to.

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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a m…

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A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

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Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to ev…

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The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.

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To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

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Fixed; solidified.

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To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

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To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

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It.

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That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…

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To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

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To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.

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A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

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A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.

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To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…

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To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the k…

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One who rends.

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A wicker fish basket.

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Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.

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A handle; a stale, or stele.

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To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

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To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.

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The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.

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A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook…

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A forked support; a crotch.

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A hook for catching fish.

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A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.

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A fiddle.

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An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire.

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A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house.

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A hook or claw.

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To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away…

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A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, wi…

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Same as Arrack.

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To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

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To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…

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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.

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A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

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A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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One who, or that which, hooks.

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One who, or that which, hooks.

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A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal.

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

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A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grapplin…

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To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

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Withdraw; separate.

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To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.

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Addicted; devoted.

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Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

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An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The caul…

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A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

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The top of a thing; the head; a crest.

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A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively.

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A forked support; a crotch.

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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.

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The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.

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The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.

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To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.

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To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty theft.

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To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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To pull; to draw.

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A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

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To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.

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The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mi…

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A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.

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To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.

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To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…

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To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

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To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.

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One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that which moderates acrimony.

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A swape or sweep. See Sweep.

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To practice theft; to steal.

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To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress.

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To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress.

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