Definition of crook

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Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.

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Knee-crooking :: Knee-crooking (a.) Obsequious; fawning; cringing.
Crook :: Crook (n.) A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc..
Crook :: Crook (n.) A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure..
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..
Dachshund :: Dachshund (n.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired..
Camoys :: Camoys (a.) Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.
Golf :: Golf (n.) A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.
Straighten :: Straighten (v. t.) To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
Right :: Right (a.) Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line..
Bowleg :: Bowleg (n.) A crooked leg.
Serpent :: Serpent (v. i.) To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.
Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
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..
Shabble :: Shabble (n.) A kind of crooked sword or hanger.
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 (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
Crooking :: Crooking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Croo.
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..
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
Acrook :: Acrook (adv.) Crookedly.
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