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Webster 1913 Edition

Hamate

Ha′mate

(hā′mā̍t)

,

Adj.

[L.

hamatus

, fr.

hamus

hook.]

Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hamate

HAM'ATE

,

Adj.

[L. hamatus.] Hooked; entangled.