hook and eyen.

Forms: Also hook-and-eye.

Etymology: hook n.¹ 5.

A metallic fastening, esp. for a dress, consisting of a hook, usually of flattened wire, and an eye or wire loop on which the hook catches, one of the two being fixed to each of the parts to be held together.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > hook(s) and eye(s)

crochets and loopsa1475

hook and eyec1626

c1626 Dick of Devonshire (1955) 1359 In old time gentlemen would..cry, come trusse me; now y^e word is, Come hooke me..the needle lance knights..putt so many hookes & eyes to every hose & Dubblet.

a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) I. 205 Then their breeches were fastened to the doubletts with points—then came in hookes and eies.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 330 The ends are united by a small steel hook and eye.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xvii. 160 Now and then tying a string or fastening a hook-and-eye.

1862 C. Reade Hard Cash 9 My ladies did not..care a hook and eye about it.

figurative.1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1837) I. 20 All the hooks-and-eyes of the memory.1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 178 The whole creation is made of hooks and eyes.attributive.1850 Beck's Florist Apr. 95 The lid attached by hook-and-eye hinges.

Derivatives

hook-and-eye v. (transitive) to fasten with or as with a hook and eye; figurative to connect, link.

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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with hook (and eye)

hook1611

hook-and-eye1827

1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 82 That any combination of chances should hook-and-eye me with any near connection of absolute wisdom!

a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 230/1 A multitude of stories hooked and eyed together clumsily.

1855 J. Leech Pict. Life & Char. 11 (heading) Hooking and Eyeing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	hook and eye
释义	hook and eyen. Forms: Also hook-and-eye. Etymology: hook n.¹ 5. A metallic fastening, esp. for a dress, consisting of a hook, usually of flattened wire, and an eye or wire loop on which the hook catches, one of the two being fixed to each of the parts to be held together. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > hook(s) and eye(s) crochets and loopsa1475 hook and eyec1626 c1626 Dick of Devonshire (1955) 1359 In old time gentlemen would..cry, come trusse me; now y^e word is, Come hooke me..the needle lance knights..putt so many hookes & eyes to every hose & Dubblet. a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) I. 205 Then their breeches were fastened to the doubletts with points—then came in hookes and eies. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 330 The ends are united by a small steel hook and eye. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xvii. 160 Now and then tying a string or fastening a hook-and-eye. 1862 C. Reade Hard Cash 9 My ladies did not..care a hook and eye about it. figurative.1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1837) I. 20 All the hooks-and-eyes of the memory.1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 178 The whole creation is made of hooks and eyes.attributive.1850 Beck's Florist Apr. 95 The lid attached by hook-and-eye hinges. Derivatives hook-and-eye v. (transitive) to fasten with or as with a hook and eye; figurative to connect, link. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with hook (and eye) hook1611 hook-and-eye1827 1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 82 That any combination of chances should hook-and-eye me with any near connection of absolute wisdom! a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 230/1 A multitude of stories hooked and eyed together clumsily. 1855 J. Leech Pict. Life & Char. 11 (heading) Hooking and Eyeing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1626
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