Crooked definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CROOKED, pp. or a. 1. Bent; curved; curving; winding. 2. Winding ... obliquity or wandering from duty. They are a perverse and crooked generation. Deutoronomy 32. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1 ... or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth" [ant: straight] 2: not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive [syn: crooked, corrupt] [ant: square, straight] 3: irregular in shape or ...
Crooked whisky definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Whisky Whis"ky, Whiskey ... barley. Bourbon whisky, corn whisky made in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Crooked whisky. See under Crooked. Whisky Jack (Zo["o]l.), the Canada jay (Perisoreus Canadensis ... lighter beneath. Called also moose bird. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Crooked Crook"ed (kr??k"?d), a. 1. Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed. ``Crooked paths.'' --Locke. he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere. --Shak. 2. Not straightforward; deviating from ...
... s crook] v 1: bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply" [syn: crook, curve ... fraudulent or criminal practices III. adjective Etymology: probably short for crooked Date: 1898 Australian & New Zealand not right: a. unsatisfactory b. dishonest, crooked c. irritable, angry — used especially in the phrase go crook ... a professional criminal. --v.tr. & intr. bend, curve. --adj. 1 crooked. 2 Austral. & NZ colloq. a unsatisfactory, out of order; (of ... Dictionary Crook Crook (kr??k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooked (kr??kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crooking.] [OE. croken; cf ... OD. krooke; or cf. Gael. crocan crook, hook, W. crwca crooked. Cf. Crosier, Crotchet, Crutch, Encroach.] 1. A bend, turn, ...
... Bear" (Amos 5:8; Job 9:9; 38:31), "the crooked serpent," Draco (Job 26:13), the Dioscuri, or Gemini, "Castor ... Referred to in Scripture? II. THE CONSTELLATIONS 1. Nachash, the "Crooked Serpent" 2. Leviathan 3. The Seed of the Woman 4 ... the country from whence he came out. 1. Nachash, the "Crooked Serpent": The direct references to these old constellation-forms in ... the clearest is in Job 26:13, where "formed the crooked serpent" (the King James Version) is used as the correlative ... that of the ecliptic. 2. Leviathan: The term bariach, rendered "crooked" but better as in the Revised Version, margin as "fleeing ... in folds, and hence also called by the prophet `aqallathon, "crooked," "twisted," or "winding"; a very appropriate designation for Draco, ...
... pandare, to bend in; pando, pandere, 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 the arm. 3 ... brow; to scowl; to frown. BEND, v.i. To be crooked; to crook,or be curving. 1. To incline; to lean ... road bends" 3: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into ... of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into ... I. v. a. 1. Curve, crook, bow, incurvate, flex, make crooked, deflect, draw. 2. Direct, turn, incline. 3. Exert, apply ( ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BENT, pp. Strained; incurvated; made crooked; inclined; subdued. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: fixed ... Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever. 2. Strongly inclined ... See Bend, n. & v.] 1. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the ... of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into ... reed, stalk. 4. Wild land, hill, moor, wild. II. a. Crooked, hooked, bowed, curved, flexed, deflected, aduncous, arcuate, incurvate. Moby Thesaurus ... constitution, contorted, cornered, corrupt, corrupted, course, crazy, crocked, crocko, crook, crooked, crotched, crumpled, crunched, cup of tea, current, curvaceous, curvate, ...
... point to another by the nearest course; not deviating or crooked; as a straight line; a straight course; a straight piece ... straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders" [ant: crooked] 3: (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally ... straight dealing"; "a square deal" [syn: straight, square] [ant: corrupt, crooked] 7: no longer coiled [syn: uncoiled, straight] [ant: coiled] 8 ... to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber. And the crooked shall be made straight. --Isa. xl. 4. There are many several sorts of crooked lines, but there is only one which is straight. -- ...
... one body or place to another. It is opposed to crooked, winding, oblique. It is also opposed to refracted; as a ... in a straight line or by the shortest route; not crooked or circuitous. 2 a straightforward; going straight to the point ... F. direct. See Dress, and cf. Dirge.] 1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way ... what slides by, the question. --Locke. 2. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken. Be ... Synonyms I. a. 1. Straight, in a right line, not crooked. 2. From father to son. 3. Plain, express, categorical, unambiguous ...
... Dictionary Tortoise Tor"toise, n. [OE. tortuce, fr. OF. tortis crooked, fr. L. tortus isted, crooked, contorted, p. p. of torquere, tortum, to wind; cf. F. tortue tortoise, LL. tortuca, tartuca, Pr. tortesa crookedness, tortis crooked. so called in allusion to its crooked feet. See Torture.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of ...
... Dictionary Tortoise Tor"toise, n. [OE. tortuce, fr. OF. tortis crooked, fr. L. tortus isted, crooked, contorted, p. p. of torquere, tortum, to wind; cf. F. tortue tortoise, LL. tortuca, tartuca, Pr. tortesa crookedness, tortis crooked. so called in allusion to its crooked feet. See Torture.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of ...
Humpback definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HUMP'BACK, n. A crooked back; high shoulders. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1697 1. a humped or crooked back; also kyphosis 2. hunchback 1 3. humpback whale 4 ... 1913 Dictionary Humpback Hump"back`, n. [Cf. Hunchback.] 1. A crooked back; a humped back. --Tatler. 2. A humpbacked person; a ... N-COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Crooked back, crook-back. 2. Hunchback, crook-back.