bank hook (bangkhuk)

1. A large form of fish-hook for catching cod, used on the banks of Newfoundland.-2. In coal - mining, the iron hook with which the banksman draws the loaded tubs off the cage. [Eng.] banking1 (bang'king), n. [Verbal n. of bank1, v.] v.] 1. The act of raising a mound or bank, or of inclosing with a bank.-2. The bank or mound raised; anything piled up to serve as a bank, as a raised edging of wax on a plate that is to be treated with acids for etching.-3. A general term for fishing as practised on the banks of Newfoundland.-4. In coal-mining, the sorting or the mouth of the shaft. [Eng.] banking (bang king), n. and a. I. n. [Verbal loading of coals "at bank," or at n. bank2, v.] The busine or employment of a banker; the busine carried on by a bank. The term banking was then [1742] applied only to the i ue of notes and the taking up of money on bills on demand. W. Bagehot , Lombard Street, p. 98. II. a . Pertaining to or conducted by a bank: as, banking operations. banking-file (bang'king-fil), n. A file with parallel edges and a triangular section. banking-pin (bang'king-pin), n. In a watch, one of two pins serving to confine the movements of the escapement. banking-wax (bang'king-waks), n . A compo