crook
n. இடையர் வளைகோல், மாவட்டச் சமய முதல்வர் வளைதடி, கொக்கி, வளைந்தபொருள், வளைவு, குனிதல், உடல்வளைத்து வணங்குதல், குனிவு, கூன், துளையிசைக் கருவியின் ஓசை அதிர்வு குறைப்பதற்குரிய வளைகுழாய், ஏமாற்று, சூழ்ச்சி தந்திரம், (பெ.) வளைந்த, (வி.) கொக்கியாக்கு, கொக்கியாகு, வளை, வளைவுறு, நேர்வழியிலிருந்து திறம்பு.
Crook (krk), n. Etym: [OE. crok; akin to Icel. kr hook,bend, SW. krok, Dan. krog, OD. krooke; or cf. Gael. crecan crook, hook, W. crwca crooked. Cf. Crosier, Crotchet, Crutch, Encroach.] 1. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure. Through lanes, and crooks, and darkness. Phaer. 2. Any implement having a bent or crooked end. Especially: (a) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep. (b) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral stafu. He left his crook, he left his flocks. Prior. 3. A pothook. "As black as the crook." Sir W. Scott. 4. An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge. For all yuor brags, hooks, and crooks. Cranmer. 5. (Mus.) Defn: A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key. 6. A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc. [Cant, U.S.] By hook or by crook, in some way or other; by fair means or foul. Crook (krk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooked (krkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crooking.] Etym: [OE. croken; cf. Sw. kr, Dan. kr. See Crook, n.] 1. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve. Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. Shak. 2. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. [Archaic] There is no one thing that crooks youth more than such unlawfull games. Ascham. What soever affairs pass such a man's hands, he crooketh them to his own ends. Bacon. Crook, v. i. Defn: To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature. " The port . . . crooketh like a bow." Phaer. Their shoes and pattens are snouted, and piked more than a finger long, crooking upwards. Camden.