Kirbyn.

Brit.

/ˈkəːbi/, U.S.

/ˈkərbi/

Etymology: < the name of Charles Kirby, 17th-cent. English fish-hook maker.

Used attributively and absol. (†and in the possessive) to denote a design of fish-hook originated by Kirby.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > hook > [noun] > other types of hook

pin-hook1755

Kirby1804

Limerick1810

sneck-bend1816

Limerick1835

sniggle1837

Aberdeen1845

Aberdeen hook1846

sockdolager1848

Sproat bend1867

squid-jigger1875

Sproat1876

squid jig1883

snag-hook1936

1655 I. Walton Compl. 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.]

1804 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 6) ii. 23 Ford and Kirby's hooks are excellent ones.

1823 T. 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.

1870 H. 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.

1967 B. Knox Blacklight ii. 32 The box held a collection of wickedly barbed Kirby hooks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kirby
释义	Kirbyn. Brit. /ˈkəːbi/, U.S. /ˈkərbi/ Etymology: < the name of Charles Kirby, 17th-cent. English fish-hook maker. Used attributively and absol. (†and in the possessive) to denote a design of fish-hook originated by Kirby. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > hook > [noun] > other types of hook pin-hook1755 Kirby1804 Limerick1810 sneck-bend1816 Limerick1835 sniggle1837 Aberdeen1845 Aberdeen hook1846 sockdolager1848 Sproat bend1867 squid-jigger1875 Sproat1876 squid jig1883 snag-hook1936 1655 I. Walton Compl. 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.] 1804 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 6) ii. 23 Ford and Kirby's hooks are excellent ones. 1823 T. 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. 1870 H. 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. 1967 B. Knox Blacklight ii. 32 The box held a collection of wickedly barbed Kirby hooks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1804
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