Sheephook

Sheep´hook`


n.1.A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook.
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Heywood's Mercury then climbs up "this descending hill," carrying his caduceus disguised as a sheephook, and worms his way into the confidence of the foolish Argus, who boasts to him about the cow's intelligence.
Philip Henslowe's artificial cow

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