| 单词 | well hook |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell hook well hook n. a clawed hook for recovering objects or debris from a well; cf. well drag n. ΚΠ c1480 Medulla Gram. (Pepys) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Welle [Arpax] welhoke [a1425 Stonyhurst wel hope]. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 302/1 Lupus,..a well hooke. 1702 J. Kersey New Eng. Dict. A Well-hook, or drag. 1860 H. Hallet tr. M. d'Azeglio Niccolò dei Lapi xxxvi. 471 At last, the end of the rope appeared, to which was attacked a well-hook, rusty and foul with slime. 2005 H. R. Coursen Wilderness iv. 56 The coachmaker's brace, the pie peel, the well hook, the quarryman's mud spoon, the fruit auger. < as lemmas |
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