pothook
(noun) an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pothook (plural pothooks)
An S-shaped iron hook used to suspend a cooking pot over a fire.
A crooked stroke in writing; a scrawl.
• hooktop
Source: Wiktionary
Pot"hook`, n.
1. An
2. A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing. "I long to be spelling her Arabic scrawls and pothooks." Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
