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a hook at the end of a pole, chain, &c. for catching hold, dragging, &c. (lit. or fig.)
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  • Manna heortan þe beóð ðurh un-rihtwísnysse hócas áwegde,

      Hml. Th. i. 362, 27.
  • v. tyge-, web-, wíngeard-hóc.
a fish-hook
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  • Hóc

    hamus

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 36.

  • Sende ongul ł hóc (hóc ðín, R.)

    mitte chamum

    ,
      Mt. L. 17, 27.
a curved implement
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  • Hóce cauterio (torrido dogmatum

    cauterio,

      Ald. 26, 34), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 54: 18, 13. v. weód-hóc; hóc-ísern.
bent timber used in shipbuilding (?) [v. N. E. D. hook; 8]
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  • Hócas uncini, spreotas

    trudes

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 15.

  • Þoll scalmus, bord tabule, hócas

    uncinos

    (v.
      Wülck. Gl. 289, II), 63, 81
    (both glosses occur in lists of words connected with ships).
a sharp bend or angle in the length of anything,
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v. hóced
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  • Tó ginum hócum,

      C. D. iii. 413, 10.
  • Swá tó weáwan hócan, v. 207, 26.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hóc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/52886.

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