Definition of crook

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Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

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Direct :: Direct (a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken..
Kimbo :: Kimbo (a.) Crooked; arched; bent.
Crook :: Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support..
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
Bent :: Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow..
Right :: Right (a.) To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.
Crookedness :: Crookedness (n.) The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness..
Twisted :: Twisted (a.) Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted..
Game :: Game (n.) Crooked; lame; as, a game leg..
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..
Crook :: Crook (n.) Any implement having a bent or crooked end.
Crump :: Crump (a.) Crooked; bent.
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee..
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings..
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.
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..
Bent :: Bent (a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever..
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