(n.) 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.
(n.) That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a
door or gate hangs and turns.
(n.) An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an
instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
(n.) See Eccentric, and V-hook.
(n.) A snare; a trap.
(n.) A field sown two years in succession.
(n.) The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called
also hook bones.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle
in attacking enemies; to gore.
(v. t.) To steal.
(v. i.) To bend; to curve as a hook.
