pothook
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pot·hook
(pŏt'hʊk') 
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n.
- A bent or hooked piece of iron for hanging a pot or kettle over a fire.
- A curved iron rod with a hooked end used for lifting hot pots, irons, or stove lids.
- A curved, S-shaped mark made in writing.
- Illegible handwriting or aimless scribbling. Often used in the plural.
- Informal. Stenographic writing.
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Pothook
Pothooks are S-shaped metal hooks for suspending a pot over a fire. While one extremity is hooked to the handle of the pot, the other is caught upon an iron crane moving on a pivot over the fire. Modern stoves have obviated the necessity for this arrangement, but it is still to be seen in great numbers of country cottages and farmhouse kitchens all over England, and in small artisan's houses in the west midlands and the north. In the elementary teaching of writing, the pothook is a script of similar shape.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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Pothook
Dansk (Danish)
n. - kedelkrog, s-formet streg
Nederlands (Dutch)
S vormige haak (voor potten boven een vuur), S vormig teken
Français (French)
n. - crémaillère
Deutsch (German)
n. - (Topf)haken, Schnörkel
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άγκιστρο πυροστιάς (σχήματος Σ), τσουνάκι ή μαγκουρίτσα στο γράψιμο
Português (Portuguese)
n. - gancho para pendurar panelas (m), garrancho (m)
Русский (Russian)
крюк, закорючка
Español (Spanish)
n. - gancho, llares, garabato
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - grytkrok, krumelur
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
锅钩, S形笔划, 挂钩
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鍋鉤, S形筆劃, 挂鉤
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 불 위에 냄비따위를 매는 고리
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - くねり書き, 自在かぎ
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) كلاب القدر, قضيب ذو كلاب لرفع القدور
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אנקול לתליית סיר מעל האש, תיאור צורת הכתיבה בקצרנות, קו מעל לכתב-היד שנעשה בעיקר בעת הלמידה לכתוב
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