Can hook () A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves. |
Cant hook () A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end |
Detaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Detach |
Hook (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 |
Hook (n.) That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns. |
Hook (n.) An implement for cutting grass or grain |
Hook (n.) See Eccentric, and V-hook. |
Hook (n.) A snare |
Hook (n.) A field sown two years in succession. |
Hook (n.) The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle |
Hook (v. t.) To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks |
Hook (v. t.) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies |
Hook (v. t.) To steal. |
Hook (v. i.) To bend |
Hook-billed (a.) Having a strongly curved bill. |
Hook-nosed (a.) Having a hooked or aquiline nose. |
King (n.) A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer. |
King (n.) A chief ruler |
King (n.) One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank |
King (n.) A playing card having the picture of a king |
King (n.) The chief piece in the game of chess. |
King (n.) A crowned man in the game of draughts. |
King (n.) The title of two historical books in the Old Testament. |
King (v. i.) To supply with a king |
King Charles spaniel () A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high, dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large, prominent eyes, and long, wavy hair. The color is usually black and tan. |
King-post (n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post. |
King's Bench () Formerly, the highest court of common law in England |
Kranging hook () A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away. |
Parachute (n.) A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence. |
Parachute (n.) A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister. |
Sea king () One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures |
V hook () A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V. |
hook shot hook | a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket |
hook | a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent |
golden parachute | giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover |
hook draw hooking | a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer, he took lessons to cure his hooking |
king vulture Sarcorhamphus papa | large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America, have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck |
king snake kingsnake | any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors, feed on other snakes and small mammals |
hamadryad king cobra Ophiophagus hannah Naja hannah | large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, the largest venomous snake, sometimes placed in genus Naja |
horseshoe crab king crab Limulus polyphemus Xiphosurus polyphemus | large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail, a living fossil related to the wood louse |
king crab Alaska crab Alaskan king crab Alaska king crab Paralithodes camtschatica | large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan |
European spider crab king crab Maja squinado | a large spider crab of Europe |
king penguin Aptenodytes patagonica | large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle |
King Charles spaniel | a toy English spaniel with a black-and-tan coat, named after Charles II who popularized it |
lion king of beasts Panthera leo | large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male |
chinook chinook salmon king salmon quinnat salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | large Pacific salmon valued as food, adults die after spawning |
oarfish king of the herring ribbonfish Regalecus glesne | thin deep-water tropical fishtofeet long having a red dorsal fin |
king whiting Menticirrhus americanus | whiting of the southeastern coast of North America |
king mackerel cavalla cero Scomberomorus cavalla | large mackerel with long pointed snout, important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil |
arrester arrester hook | a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier |
bench hook | any of various stops on a workbench against which work can be pushed (as while chiseling or planing) |
boat hook | pole-handled hook used to pull or push boats |
cant hook | a peavey having a hook instead of a spike, used for handling logs |
crochet needle crochet hook | a needle with a hook on the end, used in crocheting |
cup hook | hook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cups |
drogue drogue chute drogue parachute | a parachute used to decelerate an object that is moving rapidly |
drogue parachute | a small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage pack |
grapnel grapple grappler grappling hook grappling iron | a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding, often thrown with a rope |
hook | a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something |
hook claw | a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something |
hook | a catch for locking a door |
hook and eye | a kind of fastener used on clothing |
hook wrench hook spanner | a wrench with a hook that fits over a nut or bolt head |
king | (chess) the weakest but the most important piece |
king | one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king |
king | a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward |
king post | post connecting the crossbeam to the apex of a triangular truss |
meat hook | a strong pointed hook from which the carcasses of animals are hung |
parachute chute | rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall |
peavey peavy cant dog dog hook | a stout lever with a sharp spike, used for handling logs |
poker stove poker fire hook salamander | fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle, used to stir a fire |
pruner pruning hook lopper | a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper, used to prune small trees |
Round Table King Arthur's Round Table | (legend) the circular table for King Arthur and his knights |
sickle reaping hook reap hook | an edge tool for cutting grass or crops, has a curved blade and a short handle |
bait come-on hook lure sweetener | anything that serves as an enticement |
divine right divine right of kings | the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects, rebellion is the worst of political crimes, the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the th century |
I Kings Kings | the first of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel |
II Kings Kings | the second of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel |
Authorized Version King James Version King James Bible | an English translation of the Bible published in |
King's English Queen's English | English as spoken by educated persons in southern England |
Alaska king crab Alaskan king crab king crab Alaska crab | meat of large cold-water crab, mainly leg meat |
chinook salmon chinook king salmon | pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon |