CROOK, n. [G., the back, or ridge of an animal. L., a wrinkle, a circle; rough, hoarse. The radical sense of crook is to strain or draw; hence, to bend.] 1. Any bend, turn or curve; or a bent or curving instrument. We speak of a crook in a stick of timber, or in a river; and any hook is a crook.2. A shepherd staff, curving at the end; a pastoral staff. When used by a bishop or abbot, it is called a crosier.He left his crook, he left his flocks.3. A gibbet.4. An artifice; a trick.CROOK, v.t. 1. To bend; to turn from a straight line; to make a curve or hook.2. To turn from rectitude; to pervert.3. To thwart. [Little used.]CROOK, v.i. To bend or be bent; to be turned from a right line; to curve; to wind. |
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