CROOKBILL
Crook"bill` ( -bl`), n. (Zoöl)
Defn: A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.
CROOKED
Crook"ed (krk"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 wich the paiment of duty has been fraudulently evaded. [Slang, U.S.] Barlett.
CROOKEDLY
Crook"ed*ly, adv.
Defn: In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.
CROOKEDNESS
Crook"ed*ness, n.
Defn: The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.