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Crook

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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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Crook'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/crook.html. 1828.
 
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