Reaping-hook
1Reaping hook — Reap Reap (r[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaped} (r[=e]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaping}.] [OE. repen, AS. r[=i]pan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or E. ripe.] 1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or… …
2reaping hook — noun an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle • Syn: ↑sickle, ↑reap hook • Hypernyms: ↑edge tool • Part Meronyms: ↑haft, ↑helve * * * …
3reaping-hook — reapˈing hook noun A sickle • • • Main Entry: ↑reap …
4reaping hook — noun A sickle …
5reaping-hook — n. Sickle …
6Reaping — Reap Reap (r[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaped} (r[=e]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaping}.] [OE. repen, AS. r[=i]pan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or E. ripe.] 1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or… …
7hook — n. & v. n. 1 a a piece of metal or other material bent back at an angle or with a round bend, for catching hold or for hanging things on. b (in full fish hook) a bent piece of wire, usu. barbed and baited, for catching fish. 2 a curved cutting… …
8hook — I. n. 1. Catch, clasp, hasp, bent holder, curved catch. 2. Snare, trap. 3. Sickle, reaping hook, reaper, cutter, grasshook. II. v. a. 1. Catch or fasten with a hook, take with a hook. 2. Catch, snare, ensnare, entrap. 3 …
9Bagging Hook — A Bagging or Badging Hook (also spelled in some maker s catalogues as Fagging Hook) is a large sickle or reaping hook (also known as a reap hook or a rip hook) type of tool, usually with a cranked (i.e. offset) handle so that the user s knuckles… …
10reap hook — noun an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle • Syn: ↑sickle, ↑reaping hook • Hypernyms: ↑edge tool • Part Meronyms: ↑haft, ↑helve * * * …
