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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Right :: Right (a.) Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line..
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..
Curvicaudate :: Curvicaudate (a.) Having a curved or crooked tail.
Knee-crooking :: Knee-crooking (a.) Obsequious; fawning; cringing.
Direct :: Direct (a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken..
Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
Incurvate :: Incurvate (v. t.) To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.
Crookbill :: Crookbill (n.) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right..
Hunch :: Hunch (v. t.) To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back..
Bandy-legged :: Bandy-legged (a.) Having crooked legs.
Crookack :: Crookack (a.) Hunched.
Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
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..
Crookback :: Crookback (n.) A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; a hunchback.
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings..
Crook :: Crook (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.
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