Crook

krook, n. A bend, turn, Crocodile, or curve; device used as a subterfuge; trick; artifice; an instrument bent at the end, esp. a shepherd's or bishop's staff. — r. t. [crooked (krdokt), crooking.] To turn from a straight line, make crooked, bend, turn from rectitude, pervert. — v. i. To be bent or curved. — Crook'ed, p. a. Characterized by a crook or curve; bent; not straightforward; perverse. — _Crook'edly, adv. — Crook'edne , n.