Hooking: alternatives and connections

To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook.

A hook or clasp.

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…

Hook-shaped.

A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; t…

An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.

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

A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.

A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein.

A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a han…

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…

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.

A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running pa…

A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; -- used for canting or turning over heavy logs, etc.

To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.

To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.

An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, et…