Hook"ed*ness (?), n. The state of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
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" 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 (?). [So called from the inventor.] (Mach.) A universal
joint. See under Universal.
Hook"ey (?), n. See Hockey.
Hook"let (?), n. A little hook.
Hook"-nosed` (?), a. Having a hooked or aquiline nose. Shak.
Hook"y (?), a. Full of hooks; pertaining to hooks.
Hool (?), a. Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hoo"lock (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A small black gibbon (Hylobates hoolock),
found in the mountains of Assam.
Hoom (?), n. Home. Chaucer.
Hoo"noo*maun (?), n. (Zoˆl.) An Indian monkey. See Entellus. [Written
also hoonuman.]
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 of hoops
for expanding the skirts of a woman's dress; -- called also hoop
petticoat. -- Hoop snake (Zoˆl.), a harmless snake of the Southern
United States (Abaster erythrogrammus); -- so called from the mistaken
notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking its tail into its
mouth, and rolls along with great velocity. -- Hoop tree (Bot.), a
small West Indian tree (Melia sempervirens), of the Mahogany family.
Hoop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hooping.] 1. To
bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.