| 单词 | grab-hook |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrab-hook grab-hook n. any hook for grabbing, spec. (see quot. a1887); (in plural) Nautical slang fingers. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > other fishing equipment > [noun] > prongs or hooks for landing fish grab-hook1608 gaff1656 weir-hook1688 pew1765 click-hookc1810 picaroon1837 gaff-hook1844 pew-gaffa1884 fish-gaff1887 snigger1901 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] fingerOE talons1594 nimblesa1637 the ten stealers1655 Welsh comb1788 forks1819 hooks1829 fingerlet1836 bread hook1845 dactyl1889 grab-hook1946 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 170 Taking vppe theyr Nettes, at one place they did hang so fast as without breaking they could not pull them out of the water, wher fore they sette theyr Grabbe-hookes vnto them to loose them. a1887 R. Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 179 The grapnel kept at every village draw-well is called the grab-hook. 1889 Cent. Dict. Grab-hook, in angling, a hook made by fixing four large fish-hooks in a piece of lead. 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 38 Grab hook, a hook having a narrow throat, adapted to grasp any link of a chain. 1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 86 Grabhooks, fingers. < as lemmas |
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