Hook

ho"6k, n. Some hard material, bent into a curve for catching, holding, or sustaining anything a snare; a scythe or sickle; a bolt or spike with a vertical pin at one end — v. [hooked (hdokt), hooking.] To catch or fasten, seize or draw, with a hook; to draw or obtain by artifice, insnare; to steal. — To bend, be curved. [AS. hoc, hooc Gr. kuklos — E. cycle, Skr. chakra, a wheel, kuch, to bend.] — By hook or by crook. One way or other: by any means, direct or indirect. — On one's own h. On one's own account or responsibility. — Hooked, ho^k'ed or hdokt, a. Hook-shaped; curvated; provided with a hook. — Hook'edne , n.