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dog-hook †1. A hook used for leading a dog. Obs.
1571Bk. Revels in Malone Shaks. (1821) III. 369 Money..due for leashes, and doghookes, with staves and other necessaries..for the hunters that made crye after the fox..in the playe of Narcissus. a1631Drayton Wks. IV. 1492 (Jod.) My doghook at my belt to which my Liam's ty'd. 2. a. A wrench for unscrewing the coupling of iron boring-rods; a spanner. (Halliwell 1847–78.) b. An iron bar with a bent prong for securing or hoisting a log, etc.; = dog n.1 7 e.
1851Harper's Mag. III. 519 He examines the chains..and the dog-hook..that it lose not its grappling hold upon the tree. 1890Daily News 30 Oct. 3/3 The dog-hooks..caught the hatch, throwing the unfortunate man into the hold. |