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Webster 1913 Edition


Pothook

Pot′hookˊ

,
Noun.
1.
An
S
-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire.
2.
A written character curved like a pothook; (
pl.
) a scrawled writing.
“I long to be spelling her Arabic scrawls and pothooks.”
Dryden.

Definition 2024


pothook

pothook

English

Noun

pothook (plural pothooks)

  1. An S-shaped iron hook used to suspend a cooking pot over a fire.
  2. A crooked stroke in writing; a scrawl.