shear-hook

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• sheer hook — noun Etymology: Middle English sherhok, from sheren to shear + hok hook : an arrangement of heavy hooks usually on a pole and with the inner surfaces sharpened formerly used to seize and cut an enemy ship s rigging …   Useful english dictionary

• Bromus vulgaris (Hook.) Shear var. eximius Shear — Symbol BRVU Synonym Symbol BRVUE Botanical Family Poaceae …   Scientific plant list

• Bromus vulgaris (Hook.) Shear var. robustus Shear — Symbol BRVU Synonym Symbol BRVUR Botanical Family Poaceae …   Scientific plant list

• Bromus vulgaris (Hook.) Shear var. eximius Shear — Symbol BRVU Synonym Symbol BRVUE Botanical Family Poaceae …   Scientific plant list

• Bromus vulgaris (Hook.) Shear var. robustus Shear — Symbol BRVU Synonym Symbol BRVUR Botanical Family Poaceae …   Scientific plant list

• Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn. var. californicus (Nutt. ex Buckley) Shear — Symbol BRCA5 Synonym Symbol BRCAC2 Botanical Family Poaceae …   Scientific plant list

• Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn. var. californicus (Nutt. ex Buckley) Shear — Symbol BRCA5 Synonym Symbol BRCAC2 Botanical Family Poaceae …   Scientific plant list

• Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn. var. hookerianus (Thurb.) Shear — Symbol BRCA5 Synonym Symbol BRCAH Botanical Family Poaceae …   Scientific plant list

• Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn. var. hookerianus (Thurb.) Shear — Symbol BRCA5 Synonym Symbol BRCAH Botanical Family Poaceae …   Scientific plant list

• Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn. var. linearis Shear — Symbol BRMA4 Synonym Symbol BRCAL2 Botanical Family Poaceae …   Scientific plant list