Definitions
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a long staff having the end curved so as to form a large hook, -- used by shepherds.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a long staff with one end being hook shaped
Examples
“In the anteroom, his pinch-faced secretary, Balwer, leaped to his feet with a fussy recitation of papers awaiting the Lord Captain's signature, but Niall's attention was on the tall man who rose easily from one of the chairs against the wall, a crimson shepherd's crook behind the golden sun on his cloak and three golden knots of rank below.”
“Most people would have been unsettled by the sight of Jaichim Carridin, even cleaning a pen nib, with his steely face and deep-set eyes, the white tabard over his coat bearing the golden sunburst of the Children of the Light impressed upon the crimson shepherd's crook of the Hand.”
“Each paper has the picture of the new prelate, with his shepherd's crook upraised, his empty face crowned with a rhomboidal fool's cap, and enough upholstery on him to outfit a grand opera company.”
The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘shepherd's crook’.
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Open List: Sheepishness
Everything sheep, from Artiodactyla to zodiac.
lanolin, ram, ewe, Artiodactyla, even-toed ungulate, ruminant, Ovis aries, ovine, domestic, domesticated, neotenic, mouflon and 426 more...
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Tools of the Trade
A list of tools whose names indicate the trades of those that use them, beginning with carpenter's square.
carpenter's square, plumber's friend, chef's hat, butcher's knife, pipefitter's square, plumber's rule, lineman's pliers, tailor's chalk, potter's earth, potter's clay, potter's wheel, barrister's bookcase and 71 more...
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