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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Crookback :: Crookback (n.) A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; a hunchback.
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..
Serpent :: Serpent (v. i.) To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.
Zigzaggery :: Zigzaggery (n.) The quality or state of being zigzag; crookedness.
Rille :: Rille (n.) One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon..
Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Hump :: Hump (n.) A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back..
Kimbo :: Kimbo (a.) Crooked; arched; bent.
Crooking :: Crooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Croo.
Incurvate :: Incurvate (v. t.) To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.
Crooked :: Crooked (imp. & p. p.) of Croo.
Camoys :: Camoys (a.) Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.
Crump :: Crump (a.) Crooked; bent.
Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
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.
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.) A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc..
Bunch-backed :: Bunch-backed (a.) Having a bunch on the back; crooked.
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
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