acrook

English

Etymology

a- +‎ crook

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈkɹʊk/

Adverb

acrook (not comparable)

(archaic) In an oblique or crooked direction.
Synonyms: askew, awry, crookedly, obliquely
- c. 1553, Nicholas Udall, Roister Doister, edited by Edward Arber, Birmingham, 1869, Act IV, Scene 3, p. 62,
  C. Custance. Wife, why cal ye me wife?
  Sim Sure. Wife? this gear goth acrook.
- 1625, William L’Isle (translator), “The Pillars, or fourth Booke of Noe” in Part of Du Barts English and French, London: John Haviland, p. 158,
  Loe, is not there the draught of some gold-sandy brooke
  That on this azure ground glydes (as it were) acrooke?
- 1881, Christina Rossetti, “Behold the Man!” in A Pageant and Other Poems, London: Macmillan, p. 177,
  […] our spirits immersed / In wilfulness, our steps run all acrook.
- 1905, Albert G. Latham (translator), Goethe’s Faust, London: J.M. Dent, 1908, Part 1, p. 25,
  And night ten years, o’er rough and smooth,
  And up and down, and acrook and across,
  I lead my pupils by the nose,

Adjective

acrook (not comparable)

(regional, of a body part) Bent or formed into a hook.
Synonyms: bent, crooked
- 1905, Eudorus C. Kenney, “Jack and the Sparrows” in Some More Thusettes, Cortland, NY: The Democrat Printery, p. 7,
  So Jack of salt a handful took /
  And slyly watched with neck acrook
  The sparrows.
- 1907, Barbara Baynton, Sally Krimmer; Alan Lawson, editors, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 198:
  "Arm acrook, too, a-thinkin’ thet in ther dark all cats is grey."
- 1954, Eilís Dillon, The San Sebastian, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, Chapter 3, p. 57,
  His knees were acrook and his feet lifted on their toes as if they were ready for flight.
(regional) Not in its proper place or properly oriented.
Synonym: askew
- 1994, Jean Brown, We’ll See the Cuckoo, Lancaster: Palatine Books, 2004, Chapter 26, p. 519,
  The whole evening […] lay empty ahead of us. What bliss! There was not a pin acrook in the house, the washing up would be done […]

单词	acrook
释义	acrook English Etymology a- +‎ crook Pronunciation IPA^(key): /əˈkɹʊk/ Adverb acrook (not comparable) (archaic) In an oblique or crooked direction. Synonyms: askew, awry, crookedly, obliquely c. 1553, Nicholas Udall, Roister Doister, edited by Edward Arber, Birmingham, 1869, Act IV, Scene 3, p. 62, C. Custance. Wife, why cal ye me wife? Sim Sure. Wife? this gear goth acrook. 1625, William L’Isle (translator), “The Pillars, or fourth Booke of Noe” in Part of Du Barts English and French, London: John Haviland, p. 158, Loe, is not there the draught of some gold-sandy brooke That on this azure ground glydes (as it were) acrooke? 1881, Christina Rossetti, “Behold the Man!” in A Pageant and Other Poems, London: Macmillan, p. 177, […] our spirits immersed / In wilfulness, our steps run all acrook. 1905, Albert G. Latham (translator), Goethe’s Faust, London: J.M. Dent, 1908, Part 1, p. 25, And night ten years, o’er rough and smooth, And up and down, and acrook and across, I lead my pupils by the nose, Adjective acrook (not comparable) (regional, of a body part) Bent or formed into a hook. Synonyms: bent, crooked 1905, Eudorus C. Kenney, “Jack and the Sparrows” in Some More Thusettes, Cortland, NY: The Democrat Printery, p. 7, So Jack of salt a handful took / And slyly watched with neck acrook The sparrows. 1907, Barbara Baynton, Sally Krimmer; Alan Lawson, editors, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 198: "Arm acrook, too, a-thinkin’ thet in ther dark all cats is grey." 1954, Eilís Dillon, The San Sebastian, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, Chapter 3, p. 57, His knees were acrook and his feet lifted on their toes as if they were ready for flight. (regional) Not in its proper place or properly oriented. Synonym: askew 1994, Jean Brown, We’ll See the Cuckoo, Lancaster: Palatine Books, 2004, Chapter 26, p. 519, The whole evening […] lay empty ahead of us. What bliss! There was not a pin acrook in the house, the washing up would be done […]
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