Crookedness

State of being crooked; a winding, bending, or turning; curvity; inflection; as, the crookedne of a pathway. "The absence of straightne , in bodies capable thereof, is crookedne ." - Hooker. -Perversene ; obliquity of conduct; depravity; as, crookedne of temper. -Bodily deformity or curvature; as, the crookedne of bowed legs. Crook'ed River, in Maine, rises in Oxford co., and enters the Sebago Pond, in Cumber land co. Crook'ed River, in Mi ouri , traverses Ray co., and joins the Mi ouri River, a few miles below Lexington. Crook'ed Tree, in Ohio , a post-office of Noble co. Crooks'ville, or BANCROFT'S MILLS, in Pennsylvania , a manufacturing village of Delaware co., on Ridley Creek. Croom, a town and parish in Munster, co. of Limerick, Ireland, about 5 m. S.S.E. of Adare. Croom, in Maryland, a post-office of Prince George co. Croon, v. α. To sing in a murmuring tone, as if to one's self. "Crooning o'er some auld Scots sonnet." - Burns. -To hush to sleep by singing in a low tone of voice; as, crooning an infant to sleep. -v. i. In Scotland, to moan, or utter low sounds, as of bodily pain. -To hum softly; to sing in a soft, mur murous manner. -n. A low, suppre ed, repeated moan. -A simple song; a rustic air.