Definition of crook

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Crook (n.) A pothook.

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Shabble :: Shabble (n.) A kind of crooked sword or hanger.
Sheephook :: Sheephook (n.) A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook..
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
Crookedness :: Crookedness (n.) The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness..
Crook :: Crook (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
Sinuous :: Sinuous (a.) Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.
Akimbo :: Akimbo (a.) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
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..
Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Wind :: Wind (v. i.) To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees..
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..
Incurve :: Incurve (v. t.) To bend; to curve; to make crooked.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings..
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..
Bandy :: Bandy (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg..
Straight :: Straight (superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
Hump :: Hump (n.) A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back..
Bunch-backed :: Bunch-backed (a.) Having a bunch on the back; crooked.
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