Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large barbed hook for catching sharks.
- noun An improvised hook-gage.
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Examples
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We tried to catch some, and one was soon hooked; it required half-a-dozen hands to haul him up the river, and the shark-hook straightened, and he got away.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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We caught three or four heavy and voracious ones with a shark-hook while lying at anchor.
Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper
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Accordingly a bit of pork was secured from the galley stores and placed on the shark-hook, a huge affair as big as the hook used to hang meat on in butcher shops.
The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest John Henry Goldfrap 1898
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Little Wilkins uttered something like a war-whoop as he leaped up and assisted Jack to get out the shark-hook.
Philosopher Jack 1859
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With shark-hook and line I succeeded, and brought my brave gentleman to the deck.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2) Herman Melville 1855
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"A doan b'lieve, Massa Brace, we hab got nebba such a ting as a shark-hook 'board de _Cat'maran_."
The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850
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"I must try our shark-hook," observed Dick, putting on a large bait, and fastening it to the end of a thick rope.
Twice Lost William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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We tried to catch some, and one was soon hooked; it required half-a-dozen hands to haul him up the river, and the shark-hook straightened, and he got away.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 David Livingstone 1843
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The shark-hook was baited with a piece of bull's hide, and the animal, who was still working up and down alongside the ship, hoping that he would still pick up a marine I presume, took the bait greedily, and was hauled on board.
Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840
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In the meantime we set the shark-hook, but it availed us naught: a cayman came and took it, but would not swallow it.
Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823
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