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he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
They are a perverse and crooked generation. Deut. xxxii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
Crooked whisky,
adv. In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make crooked. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
[ After Sir William
(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