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41Crook,George — Crook (kro͝ok), George. 1829 1890. American general who defeated the Sioux (1876) and subdued the Chiricahua Apaches under Geronimo (1883). * * * …
42Crook Hall — was a Roman Catholic seminary that replaced Douai Abbey as the main English Roman Catholic seminary. It was superseded by Ushaw College.[1] References ^   …
43crook — index convict, embezzler Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
44Crook — CROOK, a hamlet, in the parish of Alves, county of Elgin; containing 73 inhabitants …
45crook — vb *flex, bow, buckle Analogous words: *curve, bend, twist: contort, *deform …
46crook — ► NOUN 1) a shepherd s hooked staff. 2) a bishop s crozier. 3) a bend, especially at the elbow in a person s arm. 4) informal a criminal or dishonest person. ► VERB ▪ bend (something, especially a finger). ► ADJECTIVE Austral./NZ …
47crook — [krook] n. [ME crok < ON krōkr, var. of krākr, a bending, hook, bay: for IE base see CRADLE] 1. a hooked, bent, or curved thing or part; hook 2. a) a shepherd s staff, with a hook at one end b) a bishop s staff resembling this; crosier 3. a …
48crook|backed — «KRUK BAKT», adjective. having a crooked back; hunchbacked …
49crook|back — «KRUK BAK», noun. 1. = hunchback. (Cf. ↑hunchback) 2. Obsolete. a crooked back …
50crook|er|y — «KRUK uhr ee», noun. dishonesty; crookedness …
