Any of various types of hook or hooked instrument; esp. one used as an instrument of torture.
| 单词 | θ172950 |
| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > hook (4) awelOE Any of various types of hook or hooked instrument; esp. one used as an instrument of torture. crookc1290 An instrument, weapon, or tool of hooked form; a hook. spec. †(a) a reaping-hook, sickle; (b) a hook for grappling or catching; (c) a hook or bent… ungle1483 A hooked instrument of torture. trip-hook1846 some instrument of torture (perhaps an error; cf. gadge, n.1). |
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