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..
Zigzaggery :: Zigzaggery (n.) The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.
Crump :: Crump (a.) Crooked; bent.
Crook :: Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
Guaiacum :: Guaiacum (n.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America..
Crooken :: Crooken (v. t.) To make crooked.
Turnspit :: Turnspit (n.) A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.
Right :: Right (a.) Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line..
Crooking :: Crooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Croo.
Bent :: Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow..
Incurve :: Incurve (v. t.) To bend; to curve; to make crooked.
Twistical :: Twistical (a.) Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest..
Curvation :: Curvation (n.) The act of bending or crooking.
Cops :: Cops (n.) The connecting crook of a harrow.
Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
Gy-rose :: Gy-rose (a.) Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro..
Distortion :: Distortion (n.) The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion..
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..
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