Definition of crook

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Crook (n.) A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure..

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Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
Cowhage :: Cowhage (n.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spiculae are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge..
Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..
Crookbill :: Crookbill (n.) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right..
Bend :: Bend (n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road..
Cammock :: Cammock (n.) A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock..
Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..
Curvity :: Curvity (n.) The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings..
Straighten :: Straighten (v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
Crookes Tube :: Crookes tube () A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it..
Futtock :: Futtock (n.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.
Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
Crookedly :: Crookedly (adv.) In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support..
Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
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