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Tenterhook

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Noun

1. tenterhook

one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter

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Tenterhook

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noun
1. 
one of a series of hooks or bent nails used to hold cloth stretched on a tenter
2.  on tenterhooks

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Tenterhook

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noun
any of the hooked nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter

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Tenterhook

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n.
A hooked nail for securing cloth on a tenter.

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