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hooked

Part of Speech: Noun

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1. Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.

2. Provided with a hook or hooks.

Part of Speech: imperfect, past participle

1. of Hook

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He was an ugly headed monster with a savagely hooked Roman nose and small, keen eyes, always red at the corners. - "Riders of the Silences", Max Brand.
It rose to the surface crying to be hooked, and I spared him twice or thrice, because he had a sort of holy sentiment I respected, that none but Mr. Whitford ought to be his father confessor." - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
The ears when visible through the dangling hair, were seen to hold enormous rings of bone, while the nose hooked over and dipped in a fashion that showed that the organ had at some time held a pendant in the way of an ornament. - "The Lost Trail", Edward S. Ellis.

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