† crooklev.1
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To crook or bend in a curve.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > be or become curved or bent [verb (intransitive)]
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bowOE
fold13..
crumpc1325
windc1374
courbe1377
curb1377
plyc1395
bend1398
ploy?1473
bowl1513
bought1521
tirve1567
crookle1577
crook1579
compass1588
round1613
incurvate1647
circumflex1661
arcuate1678
to round off1678
sweep1725
curve1748
curvaturea1811
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 138 The hornes must rather crookle inward, then growe straight vp.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
† crooklev.2
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To coo as a pigeon.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Columbiformes (pigeons, etc.) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of dove)
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crookle1574
crook1586
whorr1598
croo1611
coo1672
cruckle1691
roocoocoo1922
1574 J. Baret Aluearie C 1552 To Crookle like a doue or pigeon.
1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas To Crookle like a pigeon, [Fr.] gemir.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Croo or Crookel, to make a Noise like a Dove, or Pigeon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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