Hooke

//hʊk// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of hook. alt-of, obsolete

    "Like as the cunning fisher takes the fishe By traitor baite wherby the hooke is hidde: So Pleasure serues to vice in steede of foode To baite our soules theron too licourishe."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Middle English derived from hook, as an occupational or topographical name or a nickname.
  2. 2
    Robert Hooke (1635 – 1703), an English polymath who played an important role in the scientific revolution, through both experimental and theoretical work. His best remembered contribution was the discovery of the biological cell.
  3. 3
    A village in Dorset, England.

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robert hooke

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"Like as the cunning fisher takes the fishe By traitor baite wherby the hooke is hidde: So Pleasure serues to vice in steede of foode To baite our soules theron too licourishe."

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scientific revolution

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