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crook
crook / kroŏk/ • n. 1. the hooked staff of a shepherd. ∎ a bishop's crozier. ∎ a bend in something, esp. at the elbow in a person's arm: her head was cradled in the crook of Luke's left arm. ∎ a piece of extra tubing that can be fitted to a brass instrument to lower the pitch by a set interval. ∎ a metal tube on which the reed of some wind instruments (such as the bassoon) is set. 2. inf. a person who is dishonest or a criminal. • v. [tr.] bend (something, esp. a finger as a signal). • adj. inf. (of a person or a part of the body) unwell or injured: a crook knee. DERIVATIVES: crook·er·y / ˈkroŏkərē/ n. |
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"crook." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "crook." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-crook005.html "crook." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-crook005.html |
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crook. Detachable accessory section of tubing applied to the mouthpiece of brass instr. such as hns. and tpts. to lengthen the instr.'s tube and thus to give it a different basic key. (Players generally carried 10 or 12 crooks.) Natural tpts. or hns., without valves or slides, could play only the notes of the harmonic series, the crook enabling the player to transpose the fundamental note. Thus for a hn.-player, with all parts written in C, to play in D, he would fit a D crook. The introduction of valves from c.1850 almost eliminated the need for crooks. The term is applied also to the bent metal tube connecting the body of the bn. with the reed, and to comparable detachable bent tubes at mouthpieces of cls. and saxs.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "crook." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "crook." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-crook.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "crook." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-crook.html |
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crook trick, wile XII; hooked instrument; †claw XIII; shepherd's staff, bishop's staff XIV; bend, curve XV. ME. crōk — ON. krókr hook, bend.
Hence crook vb. bend, curve XII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "crook." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "crook." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-crook.html T. F. HOAD. "crook." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-crook.html |
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Crook
Crook Cumbria. Croke 12th cent. OScand. krókr or OE *crōc ‘land in a bend, secluded corner of land’.
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A. D. MILLS. "Crook." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Crook." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Crook.html A. D. MILLS. "Crook." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Crook.html |
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Crook Durham. Crok 1309. Identical in origin with the previous name.
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A. D. MILLS. "Crook." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Crook." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Crook1.html A. D. MILLS. "Crook." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Crook1.html |
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crook
•betook, book, brook, Brooke, Chinook, chook, Coke, cook, Cooke, crook, forsook, Gluck, hook, look, mistook, nook, partook, rook, schnook, schtuck, Shilluk, shook, Tobruk, took, undercook, undertook
•handbook
•chapbook, scrapbook
•cash book • passbook • sketchbook
•chequebook • textbook
•daybook, playbook
•casebook • phrase book • dybbuk
•pocketbook • copybook • storybook
•guidebook • logbook • songbook
•scorebook • hornbook • sourcebook
•notebook • cookbook • yearbook
•picture book • wordbook • workbook
•caoutchouc • Windhoek • billhook
•fishhook • skyhook • buttonhook
•tenterhook • wet look • outlook
•Inuk • inglenook • Sihanouk
•Pembroke • Innsbruck • donnybrook
•Uruk • Osnabrück • Beaverbrook
•nainsook
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"crook." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "crook." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-crook.html "crook." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-crook.html |
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