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61crook — early 13c., hook shaped instrument or weapon, from O.N. krokr hook, corner, cognate with O.H.G. kracho hooked tool, of obscure origin but perhaps related to a widespread group of Germanic kr words meaning bent, hooked. Meaning swindler is… …
62Hook sword — Hook swords, used (as is typical) as a pair. The Hook Sword, Fu Tao or Shuang Gou (simplified Chinese: 钩; traditional Chinese: 鉤; pinyin: Gou) also known as Hu Tou Gou (tiger head hook) is an exotic Chinese weapon traditionally associated with… …
63hook — [n] curved fastener angle, catch, clasp, crook, curve, grapnel, grapple, hasp, holder, link, lock, peg; concepts 260,498 hook [v] grab, catch angle, bag, clasp, crook, curve, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fasten, fix, hasp, lasso, net, pin, secure,… …
64crook — [krook] n. [ME crok < ON krōkr, var. of krākr, a bending, hook, bay: for IE base see CRADLE] 1. a hooked, bent, or curved thing or part; hook 2. a) a shepherd s staff, with a hook at one end b) a bishop s staff resembling this; crosier 3. a …
65crook — [n] criminal, thief cheat, filcher, knave, pilferer, purloiner, racketeer, robber, rogue, scoundrel, shark*, shyster*, swindler, villain; concept 412 Ant. law, police crook [v] bend, angle bow, curve, flex, fork, hook, meander, notch, round,… …
66crook — ► NOUN 1) a shepherd s hooked staff. 2) a bishop s crozier. 3) a bend, especially at the elbow in a person s arm. 4) informal a criminal or dishonest person. ► VERB ▪ bend (something, especially a finger). ► ADJECTIVE Austral./NZ …
67Hook Ya Crook (film) — Infobox Film name = Hook Ya Crook image size = caption = director = David Dhawan producer = Ronnie Screwvala writer = Rensil D Silva starring = John Abraham Vidya Balan music = cinematography = editing = distributor = UTV Motion Pictures released …
68Hook or Crook Records — Infobox record label name = Hook or Crook image bg = parent = founded = 2000 founder = Chris Owen status = Active distributor = genre = Garage Rock Hard rock country = United States location = Oakland, California url =… …
69Bid hook — Hook Hook (h[oo^]k; 277), n. [OE. hok, AS. h[=o]c; cf. D. haak, G. hake, haken, OHG. h[=a]ko, h[=a]go, h[=a]ggo, Icel. haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf. {Arquebuse}, {Hagbut}, {Hake}, {Hatch} a half door, {Heckle}.] 1. A piece of metal, or other… …
70Chain hook — Hook Hook (h[oo^]k; 277), n. [OE. hok, AS. h[=o]c; cf. D. haak, G. hake, haken, OHG. h[=a]ko, h[=a]go, h[=a]ggo, Icel. haki, Sw. hake, Dan. hage. Cf. {Arquebuse}, {Hagbut}, {Hake}, {Hatch} a half door, {Heckle}.] 1. A piece of metal, or other… …
