Part 5377

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

<hw>Hook</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To bend; to curve as a hook.</def>

<h1>Hookah</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hook"ah</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Per. or Ar. <ets>huqqa</ets> a round box or casket, a bottle through which the fumes pass when smoking tobacco.]</ety> <def>A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.</def><-- see hubble-bubble; also water pipe -->

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

<hw>Hook"-billed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a strongly curved bill.</def>

<h1>Hooked</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hooked</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the form of a hookl curvated; <as>as, the <ex>hooked</ex> bill of a bird</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Provided with a hook or hooks.</def> "The <i>hooked</i> chariot."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Hookedness</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hook"ed*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.</def>

<h1>Hooker</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hook"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, hooks.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A Dutch vessel with two masts.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.</def>

<h1>Hooke's gearing</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hooke's" gear"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[So called from the inventor.]</ety> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.</def>

<h1>Hooke's joint</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hooke's joint</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[So called from the inventor.]</ety> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A universal joint. See under <er>Universal</er>.</def>

<h1>Hookey</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hook"ey</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Hockey</er>.</def>

<h1>Hooklet</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hook"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A little hook.</def>

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

<hw>Hook"-nosed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a hooked or aquiline nose.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Hooky</h1> <Xpage=704>

<hw>Hook"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.</def>