curved down like an eagle's beak

Having the form of a hook; curvated; as, the hooked bill of a bird.

Provided with a hook or hooks.

Curved like a hook.

Supplied with a hook.

Fastened by a hook.

Bent like a hook; curved.

He came down uppermost but his adversary's leg was hooked round his knee, and the grip of several very hard fingers unpleasantly impeded his respiration. – The Cattle-Baron's Daughter by Harold Bindloss

I says to myself, " There's been a quarrel between them two, and him as has gone has hooked it." – The Beetle A Mystery by Richard Marsh

Staring hard, he hooked his arm in hers without a word; it steadied him, and they walked on thus together. – Beyond by John Galsworthy

There, after he'd got into his overcoat and hooked his stick over his arm, he held out his hand to her in formal leave- taking. – The Real Adventure by Henry Kitchell Webster

From this description, it may be deduced, that his appearance was in his favour; his colour was dark, his eyes were piercing and jetty black, as was his hair, and that he had fine teeth, and a long nose, rather hooked. – The Prime Minister by W.H.G. Kingston

Slip the harness over the head, push the fore- paws through, and there you are, one dog hooked up and harnessed. – A Negro Explorer at the North Pole by Matthew A. Henson Commentator: Robert E. Peary Booker T. Washington

The rudder is hooked to this by means of two hooks called pintles. – Boys' Book of Model Boats by Raymond Francis Yates

At least, I let them sink in an eddy and hooked a boulder. – Delilah of the Snows by Harold Bindloss

I knew his hooked nose and hawk- like eyes at once, and she knew him also. – Moon of Israel by H. Rider Haggard

True, it could make no pretensions to beauty- the thin, hooked nose was far too large and long; the corners of the mouth drooped downward too much; perhaps it was this latter peculiarity which gave the whole face so sorrowful an aspect. – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

She had hooked the Gilded Youth fairly deeply. – The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me by William Allen White

Inch by inch and foot by foot he came nearer, and all at once Horace rushed forward, nearly shoulder- deep, and hooked the pole over his brother's arm. – Northern Diamonds by Frank Lillie Pollock

Another man would then back up a pair of oxen to the place, and sometimes two pairs, in order that they might be hooked to the chain which passed around the log. – Mary Erskine by Jacob Abbott

Tackles were hooked on to the top of the walls, and thundering down they came almost on the heads of the men. – Hurricane Hurry by W.H.G. Kingston

He hooked a thumb toward the mountains that wall the almost unknown North Coast. – Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell

When the mean- spirited teams had been hooked to the wagons and sullenly obeyed the commands to move, they balked in mid- stream and would not cross it in their " cold collars;" and there they remained, halfway over. – Bring Me His Ears by Clarence E. Mulford

" Dear old Ormstork has hooked Quorn down by the lodge," she explained laughingly. – A Poached Peerage by William Magnay

The system hes hits roots set deep in ancient toleration, an' hooked under ther rocks themselves. – When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry by Charles Neville Buck

The story is told thus: Ira- waru hooked a fish and in pulling it in his line became entangled with that of Maui. – Legends of Ma-ui--a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by W. D. Westervelt