Definition of crook

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Crook (n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key..

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Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
Crank :: Crank (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
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..
Inflex :: Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
Futtock :: Futtock (n.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.
Curvity :: Curvity (n.) The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
Straight :: Straight (superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber..
Crook :: Crook (n.) A pothook.
Rille :: Rille (n.) One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon..
Humpback :: Humpback (n.) A crooked back; a humped back.
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..
Crookack :: Crookack (a.) Hunched.
Bowl-legged :: Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward..
Shabble :: Shabble (n.) A kind of crooked sword or hanger.
Twistical :: Twistical (a.) Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest..
Serpent :: Serpent (v. i.) To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.
Bent :: Bent (a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever..
Right :: Right (a.) To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.
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..
Crump :: Crump (a.) Crooked; bent.
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