HOOKS, in building, &c. are of various sorts; some of iron and others of brass, viz. 1. Armour-hooks, which are generally of brass, and are to lay up arms upon, as guns, muskets, half-pikes, pikes, javelins, &c. 2. Cafement-hooks. 3. Chimney-hooks, which are made both of brass and iron, and of different fashions: their use is to set the tongs and fire-shovel against. 4. Curtain-hooks. 5. Hooks for doors, gates, &c. 6. Double line-hooks, large and small. 7. Single line-hooks, large and small. 8. Tenter-hooks of various sorts. See TENTER.