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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical: A hook which grasps a chain cable by one of its links, and may be disengaged or slipped by the motion of a trigger, sliding ring, or the like.
- noun A hook so contrived as to be readily unhooked when there is a strain on it.
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