crook : Idioms & Phrases

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By hook or by crook

  • adverb in any way necessary
    by any means.
    • I'll pass this course by hook or by crook
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  • 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

  • noun a variety of aster
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crookes radiometer

  • noun electromagnetic radiometer consisting of a small paddlewheel that rotates when placed in daylight
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crookes tube

  • noun the original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube
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Crookes" tube`
Definitions
  1. (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
  1. Obsequious; fawning; cringing. "Knee-crooking knave." Shak.
Webster 1913

Shepherd's crook

  • noun a long staff with one end being hook shaped
    crook.
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  • a long staff having the end curved so as to form a large hook, used by shepherds.
Webster 1913

sir william crookes

  • 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
Definitions
  1. (Agric.) An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
Webster 1913

william crookes

  • noun English chemist and physicist; discovered thallium; invented the radiometer and studied cathode rays (1832-1919)
    Sir William Crookes; Crookes.
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