Found 1 hit - Term: weed hook, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
weed \weed\, n. oe. weed, weod, as. we'od, wi'od, akin to
os. wiod, lg. woden the stalks and leaves of vegetables d.
wieden to weed, os. wiod=on.
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1. underbrush; low shrubs. obs. or archaic
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one rushing forth out of the thickest weed.
--spenser.
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a wild and wanton pard . . .
crouched fawning in the weed. --tennyson.
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2. any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of
the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of
the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant.
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too much manuring filled that field with weeds.
--denham.
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note: the word has no definite application to any particular
plant, or species of plants. whatever plants grow among
corn or grass, in hedges, or elsewhere, and are useless
to man, injurious to crops, or unsightly or out of
place, are denominated weeds.
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3. fig.: something unprofitable or troublesome; anything
useless.
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4. stock breeding an animal unfit to breed from.
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5. tobacco, or a cigar. slang
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weed hook, a hook used for cutting away or extirpating
weeds. --tusser.
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see also:
weed hook
Results 1 - 6 of 6 found about weed hook: Hook
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Hook, definition of term: Hook
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Hook Shot, definition of term: Hook Shot
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Dill Weed, definition of term: Dill Weed
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Crochet Hook, definition of term: Crochet Hook
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Hook Up With, definition of term: Hook Up With
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