Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crooked"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Crooked \Crook"ed\ (kr??k"?d), a.
1. Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning;
bent; twisted; deformed. ``Crooked paths.'' --Locke.

he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere. --Shak.

2. Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted
from the right.

They are a perverse and crooked generation. --Deut.
xxxii. 5.

3. False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.

{Crooked whisky}, whisky on which the payment of duty has
been fraudulently evaded. [Slang, U.S.] --Barlett.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

crooked
adj 1: having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or
aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
[ant: {straight}]
2: not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive [syn: {corrupt}]
[ant: {straight}]
3: irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a
dress with an crooked hemline" [syn: {asymmetrical}]
4: having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little
oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: {hunched}, {round-backed},
{round-shouldered}, {stooped}, {stooping}]


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