Vocabulary : Hoofs to Hookey

Hoofs : of Hoof
Hook : 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, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc. ;; That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns. ;; An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook. ;; See Eccentric, and V-hook. ;; A snare; a trap. ;; A field sown two years in succession. ;; The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones. ;; 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, to hook a dress; to hook a trout. ;; To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. ;; To steal. ;; To bend; to curve as a hook. ;; A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end
Hookah : A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.
Hook-billed : Having a strongly curved bill.
Hooked : of Hook ;; Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird. ;; Provided with a hook or hooks.
Hookedness : The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
Hooker : One who, or that which, hooks. ;; A Dutch vessel with two masts. ;; A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland. ;; A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.
Hooke's gearing : Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.
Hooke's joint : A universal joint. See under Universal.
Hookey : See Hockey.
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