the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A winding, bending, or turning; curvature; inflection.
n. Want of rectitude; dishonesty; perverseness; obliquity of conduct.
n. Physical deformity.
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n. a tortuous and twisted shape or position
n. the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
n. having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles
Word Usage
"Now sticks are bent by the fire, because that draws the moisture, and so the crookedness is a violent distortion; but the natural heat nourishes and preserves the body."