单词 | hooking |
释义 | hookingn. The action of hook v.; catching, fastening, or attachment by means of a hook or hooks. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [noun] > catching with a hook hookingc1430 society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > [noun] > with other specific fastenings chaininga1387 hookingc1430 clasping1460 spanning1527 buckling1625 wedging1678 fishing1798 screw-bolting1831 slinging1833 stapling1898 c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. viii. 179 Sathan..dooth al his entente to haue alle þilke þat ben in þe see by his fysshinge and bi his hookinge. 1658 R. White tr. K. Digby Late Disc. Cure Wounds (1660) 72 The continuity of bodies results from some small hookings or claspings. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 124 Hooking, the act of working the edge of one plank, &c. into that of another, in such a manner that they cannot be drawn asunder endways. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hookingadj. That hooks. 1. That snatches, catches, or grasps as with a hook. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [adjective] > catching or caught with a hook hooking1605 hooked1611 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 350 Avurice all-arm'd in hooking Tenters, All-clad in Bird-lime. 1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Liuing Libr. iv. iii. 229 To saue it from the hooking hands of the Spaniards. 1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. viii. 79 As a hookin' cow does [carry] a board over her eyes to keep her from makin' right at you. 2. That bends or curves into a hook; hooked. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > like a hook hookedc1000 hooky1552 hookish1598 adunc1626 adunct1635 aduncous1656 uncous1658 aduncate1661 hamous1665 hooking1704 hamose1709 1704 London Gaz. No. 4011/4 His Nose somewhat hooking. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 109 Beak straight in the beginning, but hooking at the point. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1430adj.1605 |
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