'Crooking' definitions:
Definition of 'Crooking'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- There is no one thing that crooks youth more than such unlawfull games. --Ascham. [1913 Webster]
- What soever affairs pass such a man's hands, he crooketh them to his own ends. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Crooking'
- Crook,
- Crook, OR,
- Crooked,
- Crookedly,
- Crooks,
- crookes,
- By hook or by crook,
- Camp Crook,
- Crook County,
- Crook County, OR,
- Crook, CO,
- Crook, WY,
- Crooked Creek,
- Crooked whisky,
- Crookes layer,
- Crookes space,
- Crookes tube,
- Crooks, SD,
- Shepherd's crook,
- crookes radiometer,
- william crookes,
- Camp Crook, SD,
- Crook County, WY,
- Crooked Creek, AK,
- Crooked Lake Park,
- Knee-crooking,
- Throw-crook,
- sir william crookes,
- Crooked Lake Park, FL,
- crooked-stemmed aster