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"Cardinal de Richelieu Towing Cinq-Mars and de Thou. From the painting by Paul Delaroche." -Rees, 1894

Cardinal de Richelieu Towing Cinq-Mars and de Thou

"Cardinal de Richelieu Towing Cinq-Mars and de Thou. From the painting by Paul Delaroche." -Rees, 1894

A scene from the book The Young Wrecker, showing the hero Fred Ransom as he "plunged into the arms of a man at the helm." -Bache, 1865

A Man and a Boat on a Ship

A scene from the book The Young Wrecker, showing the hero Fred Ransom as he "plunged into the arms of…

"Nautical, one of a pair of hooks working on the same axis and fitting closely together: much used about a ship's rigging. Also clip-hook, clove-hook." —Whitney, 1889

Sister Hooks - Closed and Open

"Nautical, one of a pair of hooks working on the same axis and fitting closely together: much used about…