Associations to the word «Tenterhook»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

TENTERHOOK, noun. One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter

Dictionary definition

TENTERHOOK, noun. One of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter.

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus