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ˈsheep-hook Now rare.
[See hook n.1 6.]
A shepherd's crook.
Also fig. esp., with reference to a spiritual shepherd; and symbolically (often opposed to sceptre) of the shepherd's calling or the office of a bishop.
14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 562/28 Agulus, shephoke. 1523–34Fitzherb. Husb. §41 A shepeherde shoulde not go without..his shepe hoke. 1535Coverdale Ps. xxii. 4 Thy staffe & thy shepehoke comforte me. a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. (Sommer) 103 Dametas..was teching him how with his sheephooke to catch a wanton Lambe. 1611Shakes. Wint. T. iv. iv. 431 Thou a Scepters heire, That thus affects a sheepe-hooke? 1641Milton Reform. ii. 78 The Pastorly Rod, and Sheep-hooke of Christ. 1679Establ. Test. 16 They who were grown so hardened in Mischief, to attempt..upon the Scepter, would never..have scrupled at the Sheephook. 1715Gay What D'ye Call It ii. viii, Churns, sheep-hooks, seas of milk, and honey mountains. 1828S. Rogers Italy ii. A Char. 29 Inherit they a sheep-hook or a sceptre. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Sheep-hook, a shepherd's crook for catching sheep by the legs. 1866G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 143 Beeches..scatter their tops in charming tufted sheep-hooks drooping towards each other and every way. |