crookingn.
/ˈkrʊkɪŋ/ The action of crook v.1; bending from the straight line; a bend, curve, curvature.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > [noun] > a curve
bightOE
crookingc1380
curvature?a1425
bought1519
compass1545
ply1575
reflexure1578
curve1596
circumflex1601
curb1601
flexion1607
flexure1608
round1608
sinus1615
return1626
inflection1658
curvity1705
sweep1715
tarve1848
the world > space > direction > [noun] > straight or constant direction > deviation from > a turn
crookingc1380
turnc1390
bightc1400
crook1486
turnagain1545
creek1596
creeking1610
return1610
sinuositya1774
bend1879
the world > space > shape > curvature > [noun] > action or process
crookc1330
bowinga1398
bending1398
embowing1430
inflection1531
bent1567
curving1594
flexure1600
curbing1601
crooking1607
incurvation1608
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 287 Þis crokyng bi litil and litil is now cropen ferre fro Cristis lawe.
1483 Cath. Angl. 85 A Crukynge of þe water, meandir.
1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. ii. Introd. In true streightenes without crokinge.
1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ix The horsmen kest them selfs in crokings knowen of quainted ground.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 61 Riuers..by their crooking and winding..imitate the fashion of a horne.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
crookingadj.
That crooks or bends.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxvi. 13 The eche side krokende edder.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 419 A deepe hollowe crooking vlcer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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