hooked

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

HOOK'ED, adjective Bent into the form of a hook; curvated. The claws of a beast are hooked 1. Bent; curvated; aquiline; as a hooked nose. HOOK'ED, participle passive Caught with a hook; fastened with a hook.
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