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Webster 1828 Edition


Fleshhook

FLESH'HOOK

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Noun.
A hook to draw flesh from a pot or caldron. 1Sam. 2.

Definition 2024


fleshhook

fleshhook

English

Noun

fleshhook (plural fleshhooks)

  1. (archaic) A hook designed to lift meat out of boiling water.
    • 2005, Edward White, The Fat Belongs to God, p. 45:
      It was the custom of Eli's sons (the priest) that when any man brought a sacrifice to God, the priest's servant came while the flesh was boiling with a fleshhook in his hand.