crook : Idioms & Phrases
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By hook or by crook
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adverb in any way necessary
by any means.
- I'll pass this course by hook or by crook
WordNet
- in some way or other; by fair means or foul.
- one way or other; by any means, direct or indirect. Milton. "In hope her to attain by hook or crook." Spenser.
Webster 1913
crooked-stemmed aster
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noun a variety of aster
WordNet
crookes radiometer
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noun electromagnetic radiometer consisting of a small paddlewheel that rotates when placed in daylight
WordNet
crookes tube
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noun the original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube
WordNet
Crookes" tube`
Definitions
(Phys.) A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it.
Webster 1913
knee-crooking
Knee"-crook`ing adjective
Definitions
Obsequious; fawning; cringing. "Knee-crooking knave." Shak.
Webster 1913
Shepherd's crook
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noun a long staff with one end being hook shaped
crook.
WordNet
- a long staff having the end curved so as to form a large hook, used by shepherds.
Webster 1913
sir william crookes
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noun English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)
Sir William Crookes; Crookes.
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throw-crook
Throw"-crook` noun
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(Agric.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
Webster 1913
william crookes
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noun English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)
Sir William Crookes; Crookes.