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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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..
Cops :: Cops (n.) The connecting crook of a harrow.
Direct :: Direct (a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken..
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..
Indirectness :: Indirectness (n.) The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.
Crook :: Crook (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep..
Obuncous :: Obuncous (a.) Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree.
Zigzaggery :: Zigzaggery (n.) The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.
Crookback :: Crookback (n.) A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; a hunchback.
Bent :: Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow..
Incurvate :: Incurvate (a.) Curved; bent; crooked.
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..
Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support..
Crook :: Crook (n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key..
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..
Kimbo :: Kimbo (a.) Crooked; arched; bent.
Crookack :: Crookack (a.) Hunched.
Kam :: Kam (n.) Crooked; awry.
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