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F :: F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook, v. t.;

Crook :: Crook (n.) A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc..

Rook :: Rook (n.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species..

Bandy-legged :: Bandy-legged (a.) Having crooked legs.

Inflex :: Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.

Kam :: Kam (n.) Crooked; awry.

Bunch-backed :: Bunch-backed (a.) Having a bunch on the back; crooked.

Game :: Game (n.) Crooked; lame; as, a game leg..

Pravity :: Pravity (n.) Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature..

Creek :: Creek (n.) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.

Killifish :: Killifish (n.) Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow..

Crook :: Crook (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.

Crook :: Crook (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep..

Curvity :: Curvity (n.) The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.

Straightly :: Straightly (adv.) In a right line; not crookedly.

Acrook :: Acrook (adv.) Crookedly.

Garookuh :: Garookuh (n.) A small fishing vessel met with in the Persian Gulf.

Castle :: Castle (n.) A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook..

Crooken :: Crooken (v. t.) To make crooked.

Chess :: Chess (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns..

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