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10 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hoof \Hoof\, n. {On the hoof}, of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not slaughtered. Hook \Hook\, n. (Geog.) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end as Sandy Hook. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hook \Hook\, v. i. To move or go with a sudden turn; hence [Slang or Prov. Eng.], to make off to clear out -- often with it ``Duncan was wounded, and the escort hooked it.'' --Kipling. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hook \Hook\, 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 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 2. That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post and on which a door or gate hangs and turns. 3. An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook. Like slashing Bentley with his desperate hook. --Pope. 4. (Steam Engin.) See {Eccentric}, and {V-hook}. 5. A snare; a trap. [R.] --Shak. 6. A field sown two years in succession. [Prov. Eng.] 7. pl The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also {hook bones}. {By hook or by crook}, one way or other by any means direct or indirect. --Milton. ``In hope her to attain by hook or crook.'' --Spenser. {Off the hooks}, unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.] ``In the evening, by water, to the Duke of Albemarle, whom I found mightly off the hooks that the ships are not gone out of the river.'' --Pepys. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hook \Hook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hooked}; p. pr & vb n. {Hooking}.] 1. 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. Hook him my poor dear, . . . at any sacrifice. --W. Collins. 2. To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore. 3. To steal. [Colloq. Eng. & U.S.] {To hook on}, to fasten or attach by or as by hook. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hook \Hook\, v. i. To bend; to curve as a hook. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hook n 1: a catch for locking a door 2: a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook [syn: {crotchet}] 3: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: {bait}, {come-on}, {lure}, {sweetener}] 4: the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" [syn: {hand}, {manus}, {mauler}, {mitt}, {paw}] 5: a device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something [syn: {claw}] 6: a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something 7: a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer [syn: {draw}] 8: a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent 9: a shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket [syn: {hook shot}] v 1: fasten with a hook [ant: {unhook}] 2: rip off ask an unreasonable price [syn: {overcharge}, {soak}, {surcharge}, {gazump}, {fleece}, {plume}, {pluck}, {rob}] [ant: {undercharge}] 3: interlock [syn: {crochet}] 4: in golf: hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left 5: take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: {snitch}, {thieve}, {cop}, {knock off}, {glom}] 6: make off with belongings of others [syn: {pilfer}, {cabbage}, {purloin}, {pinch}, {abstract}, {snarf}, {swipe}, {sneak}, {filch}, {nobble}, {lift}] 7: hit with a hock; in boxing 8: catch with a hook; "hook a fish" 9: to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something esp. a narcotic drug) [syn: {addict}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: hook n. A software or hardware feature included in order to simplify later additions or changes by a user. For example, a simple program that prints numbers might always print them in base 10, but a more flexible version would let a variable determine what base to use setting the variable to 5 would make the program print numbers in base 5. The variable is a simple hook. An even more flexible program might examine the variable and treat a value of 16 or less as the base to use but treat any other number as the address of a user-supplied routine for printing a number. This is a {hairy} but powerful hook; one can then write a routine to print numbers as Roman numerals, say or as Hebrew characters, and plug it into the program through the hook. Often the difference between a good program and a superb one is that the latter has useful hooks in judiciously chosen places. Both may do the original job about equally well but the one with the hooks is much more flexible for future expansion of capabilities ({EMACS}, for example, is _all_ hooks). The term `user exit' is synonymous but much more formal and less hackish. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: HOOK ? Object Oriented Kernel. Delphia. An object-oriented extension of Delphia Prolog. [{Jargon File}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: hookA {software} or {hardware} feature included in order to simplify later additions or changes by a user. For example, a simple program that prints numbers might always print them in base 10, but a more flexible version would let a variable determine what base to use setting the variable to 5 would make the program print numbers in base 5. The variable is a simple hook. An even more flexible program might examine the variable and treat a value of 16 or less as the base to use but treat any other number as the address of a user-supplied routine for printing a number. This is a {hairy} but powerful hook; one can then write a routine to print numbers as Roman numerals, say or as Hebrew characters, and plug it into the program through the hook. Often the difference between a good program and a superb one is that the latter has useful hooks in judiciously chosen places. Both may do the original job about equally well but the one with the hooks is much more flexible for future expansion of capabilities. {Emacs}, for example, is *all* hooks. The term "user exit" is synonymous but much more formal and less hackish. (1997-06-25) From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Hook (1.) Heb. hah, a ring" inserted in the nostrils of animals to which a cord was fastened for the purpose of restraining them (2 Kings 19:28; Isa. 37:28, 29; Ezek. 29:4; 38:4). "The Orientals make use of this contrivance for curbing their work-beasts...When a beast becomes unruly they have only to draw the cord on one side which by stopping his breath, punishes him so effectually that after a few repetitions he fails not to become quite tractable whenever he begins to feel it" (Michaelis). So God's agents are never beyond his control. (2.) Hakkah, a fish hook" (Job 41:2, Heb. Text, 40:25; Isa. 19:8; Hab. 1:15). (3.) Vav, a peg" on which the curtains of the tabernacle were hung (Ex. 26:32). (4.) Tsinnah a fish-hooks (Amos 4:2). (5.) Mazleg flesh-hooks (1 Sam. 2:13, 14), a kind of fork with three teeth for turning the sacrifices on the fire, etc (6.) Mazmeroth pruning-hooks (Isa. 2:4; Joel 3:10). (7.) 'Agmon (Job 41:2, Heb. Text 40:26), incorrectly rendered in the Authorized Version. Properly a rush-rope for binding animals, as in Revised Version margin.
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