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31crook´ed|ly — crook|ed «KRUK ihd», adjective. 1. not straight; bent, curved, or twisted. 2. Figurative. not honest; fraudulent; wrong: »a crooked scheme. –crook´ed|ly, adverb. –crook´ed|ness …
32crook|ed — «KRUK ihd», adjective. 1. not straight; bent, curved, or twisted. 2. Figurative. not honest; fraudulent; wrong: »a crooked scheme. –crook´ed|ly, adverb. –crook´ed|ness …
33Crook — Crook, v. i. To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature. The port . . . crooketh like a bow. Phaer. [1913 Webster] Their shoes and pattens are snouted, and piked more than a finger long, crooking upwards. Camden. [1913 Webster] …
34Crook and Willington — was an urban district in County Durham, England from 1937 to 1974. [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u id=10109371 c id=10001043] It was created by a merger of the previous Crook and Willington urban districts, along with part… …
35Crook National Forest — was established in Arizona by the U.S. Forest Service on July 1, 1908 with 788,624 acres (3,191.45 km2) from portions of Tonto National Forest, Mount Graham National Forest and other lands. On July 1, 1953 Crook was divided among Tonto, Gila …
36Crook as Rookwood —   Author(s) Chris Nyst Countr …
37Crook Of Devon — CROOK OF DEVON, a village, in the parish of Fossoway and Tulliebole, county of Kinross, 5 miles (W. N. W.) from Kinross; containing 61 inhabitants. It is situated in the western part of the parish, and at an angle of the Crook water, which… …
38crook — early 13c., hook shaped instrument or weapon, from O.N. krokr hook, corner, cognate with O.H.G. kracho hooked tool, of obscure origin but perhaps related to a widespread group of Germanic kr words meaning bent, hooked. Meaning swindler is… …
39crook — [n] criminal, thief cheat, filcher, knave, pilferer, purloiner, racketeer, robber, rogue, scoundrel, shark*, shyster*, swindler, villain; concept 412 Ant. law, police crook [v] bend, angle bow, curve, flex, fork, hook, meander, notch, round,… …
40Crook — (spr. kruk), Stadtgemeinde in der engl. Grafschaft Durham, 9 km nordwestlich von Bishop Auckland, mit gotischer Kirche, Kohlengruben und (1901) 11,472 Einw …