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Kirby|ˈkɜːbɪ|
The name of Charles Kirby, 17th-c. English fish-hook maker, used attrib. and absol. († and in the possessive) to denote a design of fish-hook originated by him.
[1655Walton Compleat Angler (ed. 2) xvii. 313 But if you will buy choice hooks, I wil one day walk with you to Charles Kerbyes in Harp Alley in Shooe-lane, who is the most exact and best Hook-maker that the Nation affords.] 1804T. Best Conc. Treat. Art of Angling (ed. 6) ii. 23 Ford and Kirby's hooks are excellent ones. 1823T. F. Salter Angler's Guide (ed. 5) xvi. 140 In choosing Eel hooks, prefer the single ones whose shank is similar to the Kirby hook, to those which have a loop shank. 1870H. Cholmondeley-Pennell Mod. Pract. Angler i. 9 The round and Kirby bends are very deficient in penetrating power, and disproportionately short in the shank as compared to their breadth of bend, either for appearance or use, more particularly in the matter of flies. 1967B. Knox Blacklight ii. 32 The box held a collection of wickedly barbed Kirby hooks. |