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Rooked
(gcide) | Rook \Rook\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rooked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rooking.]
To cheat; to defraud by cheating. "A band of rooking
officials." --Milton.
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crooked
(encz) | crooked,křivý crooked,nepoctivý Pavel Machekcrooked,ohnutý adj: Zdeněk Brožcrooked,pokřivený adj: Zdeněk Brožcrooked,zahnutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
crooked-stemmed aster
(encz) | crooked-stemmed aster, n: |
crookedly
(encz) | crookedly,křivě Jaroslav Šedivý |
crookedness
(encz) | crookedness,pokroucenost n: Zdeněk Brožcrookedness,pokřivenost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Brooked
(gcide) | Brook \Brook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brooked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Brooking.] [OE. broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, digest, AS.
br?can; akin to D. gebruiken to use, OHG. pr?hhan, G.
brauchen, gebrauchen, Icel. br?ka, Goth. br?kjan, and L.
frui, to enjoy. Cf. Fruit, Broker.]
1. To use; to enjoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young
men can not brook restraint. --Spenser.
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Shall we, who could not brook one lord,
Crouch to the wicked ten? --Macaulay.
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3. To deserve; to earn. [Obs.] --Sir J. Hawkins.
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Crooked
(gcide) | Crook \Crook\ (kr??k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooked (kr??kt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Crooking.] [OE. croken; cf. Sw. kr?ka, Dan.
kr?ge. See Crook, n.]
1. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.
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Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. --Shak.
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2. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to
misapply; to twist. [Archaic]
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There is no one thing that crooks youth more than
such unlawfull games. --Ascham.
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What soever affairs pass such a man's hands, he
crooketh them to his own ends. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Crooked \Crook"ed\ (kr??k"?d), a.
1. Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning;
bent; twisted; deformed. "Crooked paths." --Locke.
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he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere. --Shak.
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2. Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted
from the right.
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They are a perverse and crooked generation. --Deut.
xxxii. 5.
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3. False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.
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Crooked whisky, whisky on which the payment of duty has
been fraudulently evaded. [Slang, U.S.] --Barlett.
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Crooked whisky
(gcide) | Whisky \Whis"ky\, Whiskey \Whis"key\, n. [Ir. or Gael. uisge
water (perhaps akin to E. wash, water) in uisgebeatha
whiskey, properly, water of life. Cf. Usquebaugh.]
An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc.,
especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In
the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize,
rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made
from malted barley.
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Bourbon whisky, corn whisky made in Bourbon County,
Kentucky.
Crooked whisky. See under Crooked.
Whisky Jack (Zool.), the Canada jay ({Perisoreus
Canadensis}). It is noted for its fearless and familiar
habits when it frequents the camps of lumbermen in the
winter season. Its color is dull grayish blue, lighter
beneath. Called also moose bird.
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1. Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning;
bent; twisted; deformed. "Crooked paths." --Locke.
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he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere. --Shak.
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2. Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted
from the right.
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They are a perverse and crooked generation. --Deut.
xxxii. 5.
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3. False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.
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Crooked whisky, whisky on which the payment of duty has
been fraudulently evaded. [Slang, U.S.] --Barlett.
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Crookedly
(gcide) | Crookedly \Crook"ed*ly\, adv.
In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward
manner.
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Crookedness
(gcide) | Crookedness \Crook"ed*ness\, n.
The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity
of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude;
perverseness.
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Uncrooked
(gcide) | Uncrooked \Uncrooked\
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crooked
(wn) | crooked
adj 1: having 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 outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a
dress with a crooked hemline" [syn: asymmetrical,
crooked]
4: having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little
oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: hunched, {round-
backed}, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping,
crooked] |
crooked-stemmed aster
(wn) | crooked-stemmed aster
n 1: a variety of aster |
crookedly
(wn) | crookedly
adv 1: in a crooked lopsided manner; "he smiled lopsidedly"
[syn: lopsidedly, crookedly] |
crookedness
(wn) | crookedness
n 1: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a
tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat
performed incredible contortions" [syn: tortuosity,
tortuousness, torsion, contortion, crookedness]
2: having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or
angles [ant: straightness]
3: the quality of being deceitful and underhanded [syn:
crookedness, deviousness] |
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