Part 2600

<i>Burton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An intimate companion; a familiar frend</def>. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>He soon found his former <b>cronies</b>, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Croodle</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Croo"dle</hw> <tt>(kr??"d'l)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Cruddle</er>, <er>Crudle</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright. Forby.</i>

<blockquote>A dove to fly home her nest and <b>croodle</b> there. <i>C. Kingsley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fawn or coax.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To coo.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Crook</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Crook</hw> <tt>(kr??k)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>crok</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>kr<?/k</ets> hook,bend, SW. <ets>krok</ets>, Dan. <ets>krog</ets>, OD. <ets>krooke</ets>; or cf. Gael. <ets>crecan</ets> crook, hook, W. <ets>crwca</ets> crooked. Cf. <er>Crosier</er>, <er>Crotchet</er>, <er>Crutch</er>, <er>Encroach</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.</def>

<blockquote>Through lanes, and <b>crooks</b>, and darkness. <i>Phaer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any implement having a bent or crooked end. Especially: <sd>(a)</sd> The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep. <sd>(b)</sd> A bishop's staff of office. Cf. <er>Pastoral stafu</er>.</def>

<blockquote>He left his <b>crook</b>, he left <b>his flocks</b>. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A pothook.</def> "As black as the <i>crook</i>."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.</def>

<blockquote>For all yuor brags, hooks, and <b>crooks</b>. <i>Cranmer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc.</def> <mark>[Cant, U.S.]</mark>

<cs><col>By hook or by crook</col>, <cd>in some way or other; by fair means or foul.</cd></cs>

<h1>Crook</h1> <Xpage=347>

<hw>Crook</hw> <tt>(kr??k)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Crooked</er> <tt>(kr??kt)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Crooking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>croken</ets>; cf. Sw. <ets>kr<?/ka</ets>, Dan. <ets>kr<?/ge</ets>. See Crook, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.</def>

<blockquote><b>Crook</b> the pregnant hinges of the knee. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>There is no one thing that <b>crooks</b> youth more than such unlawfull games. <i>Ascham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>What soever affairs pass such a man's hands, he <b>crooketh</b> them to his own ends. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Crook</h1> <Xpage=347>