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<hw>Hoof</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To walk as cattle.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>William Scott.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be on a tramp; to foot.</def> <mark>[Slang, U.S.]</mark>

<cs><col>To hoof it</col>, <cd>to foot it.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hoofbound</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hoof"bound`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>Having a dry and contracted hoof, which occasions pain and lameness.</def>

<h1>Hoofed</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hoofed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with hoofs.</def>

<i>Grew.</i>

<h1>Hoofless</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hoof"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of hoofs.</def>

<h1>Hook</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hook</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hok</ets>, AS. <ets>h\'d3c</ets>; cf. D. <ets>haak</ets>, G. <ets>hake</ets>, <ets>haken</ets>, OHG. <ets>h\'beko</ets>, <ets>h\'bego</ets>, <ets>h\'beggo</ets>, Icel. <ets>haki</ets>, Sw. <ets>hake</ets>, Dan. <ets>hage</ets>. Cf. <er>Arquebuse</er>, <er>Hagbut</er>, <er>Hake</er>, <er>Hatch</er> a half door, <er>Heckle</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; <as>as, a <ex>hook</ex> for catching fish; a <ex>hook</ex> for fastening a gate; a boat <ex>hook</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.</def>

<blockquote>Like slashing Bentley with his desperate <b>hook</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Steam Engin.)</fld> <def>See <er>Eccentric</er>, and <er>V-hook</er>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A snare; a trap.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A field sown two years in succession.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>7.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also <altname>hook bones</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>By hook or by crook</col>, <cd>one way or other; by any means, direct or indirect. <i>Milton</i>. "In hope her to attain <i>by hook or crook<i>." <i>Spenser</i>.</cd> -- <col>Off the hooks</col>, <cd>unhinged; disturbed; disordered. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> "In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom I found mightly <i>off the hooks<i> that the ships are not gone out of the river." <i>Pepys</i>.</cd><-- = out of joint --> -- <col>On one's own hook</col>, <cd>on one's own account or responsibility; by one's self. <mark>[Colloq. U.S.]</mark> <i>Bartlett</i>.</cd> -- <col>To go off the hooks</col>, <cd>to die. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <i>Thackeray</i>.</cd> -- <col>Bid hook</col>, <cd>a small boat hook.</cd> -- <col>Chain hook</col>. <cd>See under <er>Chain</er>.</cd> -- <col>Deck hook</col>, <cd>a horizontal knee or frame, in the bow of a ship, on which the forward part of the deck rests.</cd> -- <col>Hook and eye</col>, <cd>one of the small wire hooks and loops for fastening together the opposite edges of a garment, etc.</cd> -- <col>Hook bill</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the strongly curved beak of a bird.</cd> -- <col>Hook ladder</col>, <cd>a ladder with hooks at the end by which it can be suspended, as from the top of a wall.</cd> -- <col>Hook motion</col> <fld>(Steam Engin.)</fld>, <cd>a valve gear which is reversed by V hooks.</cd> -- <col>Hook squid</col>, <cd>any squid which has the arms furnished with hooks, instead of suckers, as in the genera <spn>Enoploteuthis</spn> and <spn>Onychteuthis</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Hook wrench</col>, <cd>a wrench or spanner, having a hook at the end, instead of a jaw, for turning a bolthead, nut, or coupling.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hook</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hook</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hooked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hooking</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; <as>as, to <ex>hook</ex> a dress; to <ex>hook</ex> a trout.</as></def>

<blockquote><b>Hook</b> him, my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. <i>W. Collins.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To steal.</def> <mark>[Colloq. Eng. & U.S.]</mark>

<cs><col>To hook on</col>, <cd>to fasten or attach by, or as by, hook.</cd></cs>