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Rooking
(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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Brooking
(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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Crooking
(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.
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Knee-crooking
(gcide) | Knee-crooking \Knee"-crook`ing\, a.
Obsequious; fawning; cringing. "Knee-crooking knave." --Shak.
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