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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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(1):
(v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
(2):
(n.) A pothook.
(3):
(n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.
(4):
(n.) A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc.
(5):
(n.) To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
(6):
(n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
(7):
(n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.
(8):
(n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
(9):
(n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep.
(10):
(n.) Any implement having a bent or crooked end.
(11):
(n.) A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Crook'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/crook.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Crook'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/crook.html. 1828.