Definition of crook

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Crook (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.

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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..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
Crookedly :: Crookedly (adv.) In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.
Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Cops :: Cops (n.) The connecting crook of a harrow.
Kimbo :: Kimbo (a.) Crooked; arched; bent.
Shabble :: Shabble (n.) A kind of crooked sword or hanger.
Game :: Game (n.) Crooked; lame; as, a game leg..
Humpback :: Humpback (n.) A crooked back; a humped back.
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..
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.
Dachshund :: Dachshund (n.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired..
Twisted :: Twisted (a.) Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion; hence, perverted..
Bandy-legged :: Bandy-legged (a.) Having crooked legs.
Curvity :: Curvity (n.) The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
Bent :: Bent (a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever..
Crook :: Crook (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..
Hump :: Hump (n.) A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back..
Straighten :: Straighten (v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
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