crook

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  1. noun An implement or tool, such as a bishop's crosier or a shepherd's staff, with a bent or curved part.
  2. noun A part that is curved or bent like a hook.
  3. noun A curve or bend; a turn: a crook in the path.
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  1. Middle English crok, from Old Norse krōkr.
  2. From crooked or crook1.

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  1. from Middle English croke, crok, prob. from Anglo-Saxon *crōc (not found) = Middle Dutch kroke, krooke, Dutch kreuk, a bend, fold, wrinkle, = Middle Low German kroke, krake, a fold, wrinkle, = Icelandic krōkr = Swedish krok = Danish krog, a crook, hook. The Roman forms, Provencal croc = Old French croc, French croc, a hook (Middle Latin crocus), and Old French and F. croche, a hook (Middle Latin croca) (later ult. English crochet, crotchet, crozier, q. v.), are of D. or Scandinavian origin. Cf. Gaelic crocan, a crook, hook. = Welsh crwg, a crook, hook, crwca, crooked, = (prob.) L. crux (cruc-), a gibbet, cross: see cross, cross, crutch, crutch, crouch, crouch. It is possible that the Teutonic forms are of Celtic origin; the Celtic and Latin forms may have lost an initial s, in which case they would appear to be cognate with G. schräg, Middle High German schrege, oblique, crosswise, later G. schragen = Dutch schraag, a trestle, prob. akin to Middle High German schranc, a lattice, inclosure, German schrank, a cabinet.
  2. from Middle English croken = Middle Dutch kroken, krooken, Dutch kreuken = Danish kröge, also kroge, bend, kroget, crooked, = Swedish kröka, bend, crook, krokna, become crooked; from the noun.
 

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