What is a hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked. Dana called?
fishhook — (Naut.) A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked. Dana. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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