Definition of crook

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Crook (n.) A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc..

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Knee-crooking :: Knee-crooking (a.) Obsequious; fawning; cringing.
Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..
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..
Crookback :: Crookback (n.) A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; a hunchback.
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
Camoys :: Camoys (a.) Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.
Bunch-backed :: Bunch-backed (a.) Having a bunch on the back; crooked.
Pravity :: Pravity (n.) Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature..
Direct :: Direct (a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken..
Shabble :: Shabble (n.) A kind of crooked sword or hanger.
Crook :: Crook (n.) A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure..
Gy-rose :: Gy-rose (a.) Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro..
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..
Hunch :: Hunch (v. t.) To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back..
Bowleg :: Bowleg (n.) A crooked leg.
Curve :: Curve (a.) To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it..
Obuncous :: Obuncous (a.) Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree.
Bent :: Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow..
Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Acrook :: Acrook (adv.) Crookedly.
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