Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
hook , 5.
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Examples
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The hook-bone gets a touch, and when well covered, is right ....
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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If the shoulder-point is covered, and feels soft like the point of the hook-bone, it is good, and indicates a well filled neck-vein, which runs from that point to the side of the head.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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A wide-hooked animal, especially a cow after calving, always has a vacancy between the hook-bone and the tail, and a want of the most valuable part of the carcass.
Cattle and Cattle-breeders William M'Combie
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The hook-bone and the buttock are cut up for steaks, beefsteak pie, or minced collops, and both these, together with the sirloin, bring the highest price.
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