Difference between revisions of "Crook"
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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) [[A]] pothook. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) [[A]] bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) [[A]] person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (n.) [[A]] small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key. </p> <p> '''(9):''' (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep. </p> <p> '''(10):''' (n.) Any implement having a bent or crooked end. </p> <p> '''(11):''' (n.) [[A]] bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:17, 13 October 2021
Crook [1]
(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.
