Definition of crook

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

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Bandy :: Bandy (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg..
Curvation :: Curvation (n.) The act of bending or crooking.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings..
Indirectness :: Indirectness (n.) The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.
Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..
Hawked :: Hawked (a.) Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
Cam :: Cam (a.) Crooked.
Right :: Right (a.) Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line..
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
Direct :: Direct (a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means..
Corbe :: Corbe (a.) Crooked.
Curve :: Curve (a.) Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface..
Crook :: Crook (n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
Shabble :: Shabble (n.) A kind of crooked sword or hanger.
Twisted :: Twisted (a.) Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted..
Crookedness :: Crookedness (n.) The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness..
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..
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support..
Rickets :: Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis..
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