Winkle-hawk

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Winkle-hawk \Win"kle-hawk`\, n. [D. winkel-haak a carpenter's
     square.]
     A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also
     {winkle-hole}. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
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