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Tenterhook

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tenter hooknoun	Alternative form of tenterhook. [One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.]
tenter-hooknoun	Alternative form of tenterhook. [One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.]
tumblernoun	A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.
warping hooknoun	A ropemakers' hook used in twisting rope-yarns.
heddle hooknoun	A hooked implement used to thread a strand of the warp through the eye of a heddle.
buttonhooknoun	(American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
drawhooknoun	(rail transport) A coupling hook.
hooklingnoun	(historical, rare) A process, similar to knitting or crocheting, for fashioning garments.
hooknoun	A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
clove hooknoun	An iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails.
cant hooknoun	A traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook at one end, used for handling and moving logs.
hookmakernoun	A manufacturer of hooks.
taut-line hitchnoun	An adjustable loop knot for use on lines under tension, made by tying a rolling hitch around the standing part after passing around an anchor object.
tacklernoun	(sports) A player who tackles another.
hookmakingnoun	The manufacture of hooks.
ringheadnoun	The top of a ring-shaped construction.
leapernoun	One who leaps.
heddlenoun	A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded.
billhooknoun	An agricultural hand tool often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.
simple	Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.