1. Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.
2. Provided with a hook or hooks. "The hooked chariot." Milton.
Hookedness
(Hook"ed*ness) n. The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
Hooker
(Hook"er) n.
1. One who, or that which, hooks.
2. (Naut.) (a) A Dutch vessel with two masts. (b) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of
Ireland. (c) A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.
Hooke's gearing
(Hooke's" gear"ing) [So called from the inventor.] (Mach.) Spur gearing having teeth
slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.
Hooke's joint
(Hooke's joint) [So called from the inventor.] (Mach.) A universal joint. See under Universal.
Hookey
(Hook"ey) n. See Hockey.
Hooklet
(Hook"let) n. A little hook.
Hook-nosed
(Hook"-nosed`) a. Having a hooked or aquiline nose. Shak.
Hooky
(Hook"y) a. Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
Hool
(Hool) a. Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hoolock
(Hoo"lock) n. (Zoöl.) A small black gibbon found in the mountains of Assam.
Hoom
(Hoom) n. Home. Chaucer.
Hoonoomaun
(Hoo"noo*maun) n. (Zoöl.) An Indian monkey. See Entellus. [Written also hoonuman.]
Hoop
(Hoop) n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.]
1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the
staves of casks, tubs, etc.
2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is
pressed in making cheese.
3. A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding
the skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; — used chiefly in the plural.
Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale.
Pope. 4. A quart pot; — so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the
contents measured by the distance between the hoops. [Obs.]
5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks. [Eng.] Halliwell.
Bulge hoop, Chine hoop, Quarter hoop, the hoop nearest the middle of a cask, that nearest the
end, and the intermediate hoop between these two, respectively. — Flat hoop, a wooden hoop dressed
flat on both sides. — Half-round hoop, a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed on the outside.
— Hoop iron, iron in thin narrow strips, used for making hoops. — Hoop lock, the fastening for
uniting the ends of wooden hoops by notching and interlocking them. — Hoop skirt, a framework
