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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Crooked :: Crooked (imp. & p. p.) of Croo.
Guaiacum :: Guaiacum (n.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America..
Acrook :: Acrook (adv.) Crookedly.
Distortion :: Distortion (n.) The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion..
Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..
Crook :: Crook (n.) Any implement having a bent or crooked end.
Obuncous :: Obuncous (a.) Hooked or crooked in an extreme degree.
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..
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
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.
Crookedly :: Crookedly (adv.) In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.
Straightly :: Straightly (adv.) In a right line; not crookedly.
Curvity :: Curvity (n.) The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
Indirectness :: Indirectness (n.) The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.
Gy-rose :: Gy-rose (a.) Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro..
Direct :: Direct (a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken..
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..
Cam :: Cam (a.) Crooked.
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
Curve :: Curve (a.) Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface..
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