Pothook

Pothook

Pothooks are S-shaped metal hooks for suspending a pot over a fire. While one extremity is hooked to the handle of the pot, the other is caught upon an iron crane moving on a pivot over the fire. Modern stoves have obviated the necessity for this arrangement, but it is still to be seen in great numbers of country cottages and farmhouse kitchens all over England, and in small artisan's houses in the west midlands and the north. In the elementary teaching of writing the pothook is a script of similar shape.


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  • Pothook — Pot hook , n. 1. An S shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire. [1913 Webster] 2. A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing. I long to be spelling her Arabic scrawls and pothooks. Dryden. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pothook — [pät′hook΄] n. 1. an S shaped hook for hanging a pot or kettle over a fire 2. a hooked rod for lifting hot pots, etc. 3. a curved or S shaped mark in writing …   English World dictionary

  • pothook — /ˈpɒthʊk/ (say pothook) noun 1. a hook for suspending a pot or kettle over an open fire. 2. an iron rod, usually curved, with a hook at the end, used to lift hot pots, irons, stove lids, etc. 3. a stroke in writing, in the shape of a pothook,… …  

  • pothook — noun Date: 15th century 1. an S shaped hook for hanging pots and kettles over an open fire 2. a written character resembling a pothook …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pothook — /pot hook /, n. 1. a hook for suspending a pot or kettle over an open fire. 2. an iron rod, usually curved, with a hook at the end, used to lift hot pots, irons, stove lids, etc. 3. an S shaped stroke in writing, esp. as made by children in… …   Universalium

  • pothook — noun a) An S shaped iron hook used to suspend a cooking pot over a fire b) A crooked stroke in writing; a scrawl …   Wiktionary

  • pothook — n. metal hook used to hang or lift pots …   English contemporary dictionary

  • pothook — pot•hook [[t]ˈpɒtˌhʊk[/t]] n. 1) a hook for suspending a pot or kettle over an open fire 2) an iron rod with a hook at the end used to lift hot pots, stove lids, etc 3) anS shaped stroke in writing • Etymology: 1425–75 …   From formal English to slang

  • pothook — noun an S shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire • Hypernyms: ↑hook, ↑claw • Hyponyms: ↑trammel …   Useful english dictionary

  • List of playing-card nicknames — This list of playing card nicknames has the common nicknames for the playing cards in a 52 card deck, as used in some common card games, such as poker. Contents 1 Single cards 1.1 One eyed Royals 2 Texas hold em pocket card nicknames …   Wikipedia

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