Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAN'-HOOK
CANE'-TRASHCA-NIC'U-LA, or CA'NI-CULE
CAN'-HOOK, n.
An instrument to sling a cask by the end of its staves, formed by reeving a piece of rope through two flat hooks, and splicing its ends together. – Mar. Dict.
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