Definition of crook

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Crook (n.) To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.

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Camoys :: Camoys (a.) Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.
Bent :: Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow..
Throw-crook :: Throw-crook (n.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
Crump :: Crump (a.) Crooked; bent.
Rickets :: Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis..
Inflex :: Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
Distortion :: Distortion (n.) The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion..
Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
Crookedness :: Crookedness (n.) The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness..
Curvation :: Curvation (n.) The act of bending or crooking.
Kam :: Kam (n.) Crooked; awry.
Crookbill :: Crookbill (n.) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right..
Crookack :: Crookack (a.) Hunched.
Crook :: Crook (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep..
Crooked :: Crooked (a.) Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
Hunch :: Hunch (v. t.) To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back..
Straighten :: Straighten (v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
Wind :: Wind (v. i.) To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees..
Guaiacum :: Guaiacum (n.) A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America..
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