'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]