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ˈnut-hook
Also 4 nutthocke.
[f. nut n.1 + hook n.1]
A hooked stick used by persons when nutting, in order to pull down the branches of the trees. Also fig.
a1500Chester Pl., Adoration Sheph. (E.E.T.S.) 157 To pull downe peares, appells, and plomes..I geue thie here my nvtthocke. 1618B. Holyday Marriages Arts iii. vi, I will make this Verse like a Nut-hooke, like a Nut-hooke—and then pull downe—pull down the Moone with it. 1631Dekker Match me in Lond. i. C 2 b, She's the Kings nut⁓hooke.., that when any Filbert-tree is ripe, puls down the brauest bowes to his hand. 1724Stukely in Hone Everyday Bk. (1825) I. 717 The family reaching them victuals with the nut-hook.
†b. Applied to a beadle, constable, etc. Obs.
1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, v. iv. 8 Nut-hooke, nut-hooke, you Lye. 1598― Merry W. i. i. 171, I will say marry trap with you, if you runne the nut-hooks humor on me. a1658Cleveland Count. Com. Man Poems (1677) 99 A Sequestratour! He is the Devil's Nut-hook, the Sign with him is always in the Clutches. |