Definition of crook

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Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.

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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.
Crook :: Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
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..
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..
Kam :: Kam (n.) Crooked; awry.
Indent :: Indent (v. i.) To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
Straighten :: Straighten (v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
Hawked :: Hawked (a.) Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
Shabble :: Shabble (n.) A kind of crooked sword or hanger.
Twistical :: Twistical (a.) Crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest..
Crump :: Crump (a.) Crooked; bent.
Crookack :: Crookack (a.) Hunched.
Direct :: Direct (a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means..
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support..
Crook :: Crook (n.) A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure..
Crooken :: Crooken (v. t.) To make crooked.
Crookes Tube :: Crookes tube () A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
Crook :: Crook (n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key..
Akimbo :: Akimbo (a.) With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
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