Crook definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary 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 ... 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 ... or abbot, it is called a crosier. He left his crook, he left his flocks. 3. A gibbet. 4. An ...
by hook or by crook definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: in any ... necessary; "I'll pass this course by hook or by crook" [syn: by hook or by crook, by any means] Merriam Webster's phrasal by any means ... of cattle; -- called also hook bones. By hook or by crook, one way or other; by any means, direct or indirect. --Milton. ``In hope her to attain by hook or crook.'' --Spenser. Off the hooks, unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.] ``In the ... gone out of the river.'' --Pepys. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Crook Crook (kr[oo^]k), n. [OE. crok; akin to ...
shepherd's crook definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a long staff with one end being hook shaped [syn: crook, shepherd's crook] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Shepherd Shep"herd, n. [OE. schepherde ... s club (Bot.), the common mullein. See Mullein. Shepherd's crook, a long staff having the end curved so as to ...
... to open; pandus, bent, crooked] 1. To strain, or to crook by straining; as, to bend a bow. 2. To crook; to make crooked; to curve; to inflect; as, to bend ... scowl; to frown. BEND, v.i. To be crooked; to crook,or be curving. 1. To incline; to lean or turn ... or be submissive. Isaiah 60. BEND,n. A curve; a crook; a turn in a road or river; flexure; incurvation. 1 ... segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" [syn: bend, crook, twist, turn] 2: movement that causes the formation of ...
... field sown two years running. [Local.] By hook and by crook, one way or other; by any means, direct or indirect ... catch for locking a door 2: a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook [syn: hook, crotchet] 3: anything ... 13th century transitive verb 1. to form into a hook ; crook 2. a. to seize or make fast by or as ... be addicted to or captivated by. by hook or by crook by one means or another, by fair means or foul ... of cattle; -- called also hook bones. By hook or by crook, one way or other; by any means, direct or indirect. --Milton. ``In hope her to attain by hook or crook.'' --Spenser. Off the hooks, unhinged; disturbed; disordered. [Colloq.] ``In ...