Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leaded fish-hook with two barbs, to the upper end of which a twisted wire is fastened.
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Examples
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The same objection formerly applied to live-baiting with what was known as a gorge-hook.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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This may account for so few pike being found dead after they have broken away with a gorge-hook in them.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832 Various
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