▪ I. ˈhooking, vbl. n.
[f. hook v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. hook; catching, fastening, or attachment by means of a hook or hooks.
| c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iv. viii. (1869) 179 Sathan..dooth al his entente to haue alle þilke þat ben in þe see by his fysshinge and bi his hookinge. 1658 R. White tr. Digby's Powd. Symp. (1660) 72 The continuity of bodies results from some small hookings or claspings. c 1850 Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 124 Hooking, the act of working the edge of one plank, &c. into that of another, in such a manner that they cannot be drawn asunder endways. |
▪ II. ˈhooking, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That hooks.
1. That snatches, catches, or grasps as with a hook.
| 1598 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. iii. Furies 708 Avarise, all-armed in hooking Tenters And clad in Bird-lime. 1621 Molle Camerar. Liv. Libr. iv. iii. 229 To saue it from the hooking hands of the Spaniards. 1837–40 [see hook v. 11]. |
2. That bends or curves into a hook; hooked.
| 1704 Lond. Gaz. No. 4011/4 His Nose somewhat hooking. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) V. 109 Beak straight in the beginning, but hooking at the point. |