POTHOOK

pothook

(noun) an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pothook (plural pothooks)

An S-shaped iron hook used to suspend a cooking pot over a fire.

A crooked stroke in writing; a scrawl.

Anagrams

• 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



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