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hooker(dictionary)
hooker(2)(dictionary)
hooker(1)(dictionary)
hooker(medicine)
Hooker's green(dictionary)
Hooker, Charles(medicine)
Hooker, Joseph(encyclopedia)
Hooker, Richard(encyclopedia)
Hooker, Thomas(encyclopedia)

homoeomery (iou) and hooker(2) (iou)


homoeomery (iou)



homoeomery noun. . L17.
[from Latin homoeomeria from Greek homoiomereia, from homoiomeres consisting of like parts, from homoios like + meros part: see -Y3.]
Hist. The theory (propounded by Anaxagoras) that the ultimate particles of matter are homogeneous. Also, in pl., the ultimate particles of matter, regarded as homogeneous.

hooker(2) (iou)



hooker noun2. M17.
[Dutch hoeker, from hoek HOOK noun (in earlier hoekboot): see -ER1.]
Orig., a two-masted Dutch coasting or fishing vessel. Later also, a one-masted fishing smack from Ireland or SW England. Now usu., an old or fondly-regarded boat.