Definition of Crochet hook

1. Noun. A needle with a hook on the end; used in crocheting.

Exact synonyms: Crochet Needle
Generic synonyms: Needle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crochet Hook

croaks
croaky
croatia
croc
crocacin
croceate
crocein
croceine
croceines
croceins
croceous
crocetin
croche
croches
crochet
crochet hook (current term)
crochet needle
crochet stitch
crocheted
crocheter
crocheters
crocheting
crochets
crochetwork
croci
crocidismus
crocidolite
crocidolites
crocin
crocine

Literary usage of Crochet hook

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1872)
"crochet hook, natural size, b. Magnified view of crochet point. Graefe's strabismus hook. The tendon being secured by it, it is not necessary to force the ..."

2. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by John Soelberg Wells (1883)
"crochet hook, natural size. b. Magnified view of crochet point. so as to throw the tendon into the angle of the hook, while it is being divided, ..."

3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"CROCHET, kro-sha' (Fr. crochet, hook, dim. of croc, hook, ... CROCKET (from OF. crw/uct, variant of crochet, hook). A bit. of ornamentation projecting alone ..."

4. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"A modification has been mentioned, consisting of a crochet-hook pawed through the goods, bringing hack with it a loop of thread from below, and enchaining ..."

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